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Postedabout 2 months agoActiveabout 2 months ago
Ask HN: Startups should brag less and ship more (guilty as charged)
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Ask HN: Startups should brag less and ship more (guilty as charged)
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My first question when screening small companies: Please show me the product, I don’t mind if it’s half baked.
If they can’t show me something, that’s the end of the engagement.
about 2 months ago
Absolutely. A tangible product, even if rough, shows execution and commitment. Ideas are easy -prototypes prove there’s real traction.
I completely agree! If they can’t show anything, it makes it hard to believe in their ability to execute and complete the rest.
Exactly. Early execution speaks volumes - even a rough prototype shows they’re serious and capable of turning ideas into reality.
about 2 months ago
How long until LLMs learn not to use em-dashes? Literally 100% of the comments on this account have an em-dash in them.
about 2 months ago
You haven’t seen all of the funded YC “AI” companies with nothing but non technical founders, a pitch deck and trying to hire a “founding engineer” for peanuts with the promise of worthless “equity”.
about 2 months ago
Opposite problem here - all building, no marketing. Now struggling with GTM because nobody knows we exist.
The real trap is thinking it's either/or. You need both engines running.