13 stories tagged entrepreneurship, newest first.
35 points by rmason | 59 comments
An Every 'Thesis Statements' essay by Julian Weisser arguing that AI will make solo founding the default way to start startups, with loneliness as the new main risk.
44 points by PLenz | 15 comments
NBER working paper by Marius A. K. Ring examining how higher wealth taxes on business owners in Norway from 2021 to 2025 affected business activity.
515 points by earcar | 618 comments
Blog post by Carmine Paolino recounting spending €9,600 and 152 days founding a company in Germany without yet being able to send an invoice.
370 points by dxs | 203 comments
A Cool Tools "Book Freak" post excerpting P.T. Barnum's The Art of Money Getting and its golden rules for making money.
431 points by doctorhandshake | 211 comments
A personal blog post recounting how the author was stiffed $35k on an augmented reality bus tour contract project and the lessons learned about client work.
427 points by vincent_s | 306 comments
Blog post by Vincent Schmalbach arguing that Hacker News commenters have shifted from supporting failed founders in 2013 to cynicism about startups in 2025.
491 points by lisper | 281 comments
Blog post by Ron Garret on Rondam Ramblings reflecting on lessons learned from six and a half failed startup attempts.
472 points by imglorp | 223 comments
An Imgur gallery post recounting how the author made $100K selling a novelty gag gift that mailed bags of penis-shaped candy and confetti.
1399 points by switowski | 395 comments
A blog post by Sebastian Witowski recounting how his 2020 side project earned over $15,000 but became a maintenance burden he grew to hate.
323 points by eightturn | 128 comments
A personal essay on the Deep South Ventures blog about being laid off and unexpectedly becoming an entrepreneur.
455 points by adrianhon | 103 comments
An Every article from The Crazy Ones series telling the story of Lore Harp McGovern, who built the microcomputer company Vector Graphic from her suburban home.
375 points by duck | 178 comments
Jason Cohen essay on A Smart Bear arguing that simply avoiding the common causes of startup failure is most of a winning strategy.
624 points by harscoat | 593 comments
Paul Graham essay from a March 2024 talk to 14 and 15 year olds on how to prepare to start an ambitious startup like Google later.