“This is the ‘growth hack’ that got my whole company started” published in Hacker Noon by Julien Smith

Medium Daily Digest Most recommended by people you follow This is the "growth hack" that got my whole company started Let me paint a picture for you. 🌌 It was January of 2014 — and I was running an 8-person company with absolutely zero traction. ¶ Just a few months prior, we had just started Breather — it was just me and a few other guys and girls… in Hacker Noon, by Julien Smith 6 min read Venture Capital Market Analysis In March of last year, our GV engineering team analyzed market data to assess whether or not the tech industry was experiencing a bubble… in GV Library, by Bill Maris 4 min read Longer video: Introducing #beyondtheVine Creators! You tell us you love the six seconds, that short form is the ethos of Vine. (Our hearts agree!) You say the constraint breeds… Vine 3 min read The USMNT's Game With Argentina Means Everything and Nothing Beating Messi won't change the state of U.S. soccer in The Ringer, by Ryan O'Hanlon 4 min read Friends with (Portable) Benefits: Shaping a New System with Lessons from Existing Models As the conversation around Portable Benefits continues to gain momentum, what insights can we take from existing models to inform the… Shelby Clark 4 min read Published by authors and publications you follow The "The" The night the Cavs did something very un-Cleveland-like. They won. I'm still in a state of disbelief after the Cleveland Cavaliers' game 7 win over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals last night. I would say it's surreal, but that implies there's at least… in 500ish Words, by M.G. Siegler 3 min read The Myth of Attractiveness Why Attractiveness is the Nemesis of Love in umair haque, by umair haque 6 min read What You Use Uses You And What You Lose Frees You in umair haque, by umair haque 3 min read I guess I will learn oil painting after all a.k.a. be careful what you wish for Matej 'Retro' Jan 4 min read A Memorial at Stonewall Photoessay: The Stonewall Inn provides a space for New York locals to mourn the Orlando club shooting in On Human Rights, by Robert A Stribley 3 min read Top stories in design What If You Have No Talent? Here are your options. If you're like me, you are a talentless hack. You have little to no talent. ¶ (If you're NOT a talentless hack and do have talent, skip to the end). ¶ Nothing seems to come easy when other people… in The Coffeelicious, by Josh Spilker 7 min read How to use code as your primary design tool "Design in Code" — a chat with Chris Gannon in Design, Code and Prototyping, by Matthieu Aussaguel 11 min read Top stories in tech The Practical Guide to Becoming a Professional Web Developer What to learn and when in order to become a working, professional Web Developer. This article is meant to serve as a practical guide to becoming a professional web developer. I've spent over 20 years writing code for the web. I work with and help developers daily. In this article… in Free Code Camp, by Bill Sourour 16 min read How to build a successful company, Part #3 How not to f*#k up when starting up! in Life Learning, by Raad Mobrem 6 min read Top stories in education Why Successful People Always Stay A Student Your days as a student don't end when you finish school. by DARIUS FOROUX ¶ When I met my first mentor I wasn't impressed by his expensive car, his multi-million dollar business, or even how he managed hundreds of people. ¶ No, I was impressed by how… in Life Learning, by Darius Foroux 4 min read Teach kids to code. They'll change the world. I learned to code when I was a kid. in HI MY NAME IS JON, by Jon Westenberg 3 min read Top stories in health Building the Gyroscope App How I lost 20 pounds by building our HealthKit app with React Native (now in App Store) ¶ How I lost 20 pounds this year with React Native and HealthKit ¶ We recently released our new iPhone app, Health Tracking by Gyroscope (get in with invite code "makingof"). The… in Gyroscope Innovations, by Anand Sharma 15 min read The forgotten art of untucking the tail A tiny detail we've lost since the hunter-gatherer times and how to fix it in Be Yourself, by Ivana Demmel 5 min read Read more on Medium Connect with us on:

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