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Maciej Ceglowski - Barely succeed! It's easier!

webdirections · 22.2K views · 2013-11-21 · 39:23

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Maciej Ceglowski's talk at Web Directions argues that small teams and lone programmers can build sustainable businesses without chasing Silicon Valley's grow-or-die model. He offers alternative, more achievable definitions of success.

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HN regards it as an inspiring, funny case for modest, bootstrapped success over venture-funded risk.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2015–2020

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jimbokun · 2020-09 · Strong recommendation

That’s a shame, because the article led me to listen to this talk: [VIDEO] Which I thought was amazing and inspiring.

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totemandtoken · 2020-11 · Recommendation

Reminds me a lot of this talk from the Pinboard guy: [VIDEO] Or this talk from the Bandcamp guy about financial sustainability: [LINK]

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kbenson · 2015-09 · Recommendation

I agree. In general, I found this presentation to ramble far more and make weird connections than some of his other ones, which I remember liking. Presentations and talks such as Web Design: The first 100 years [1] (even if it was a while back and I don't remember it all that clearly), and Barely succeed! It's easier! [2] (which I saw within the last couple of days) are quite good (if memory serves). 1: [LINK] 2: [VIDEO]

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