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Special Issue
May 2011
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Curator’s Note
Curator
Lim Cheng Soon
Contributors
Matthew Wensing
John Forsythe
Patrick Swieskowski
Amir Khella
Dan Loewenherz
Matt Rix
Brian Balfour
Michael Rakita
Jason Jacobs
Proofreaders
Emily Griffin
Sigmarie Soto
I
love reading stories
about startups and
can’t seem to get enough of it. Founders at
Work and Do More Faster are the favorites
on my bookshelf, and a new book released
recently called Startups open Sourced looks
promising, too. oh, and don’t forget Andrew
Warner’s Mixergy.
As if all of these weren’t enough, I present you
the 3rd special issue of Hacker Monthly — Startup
Stories. All of the stories are written by the found-
ers themselves, rated highly by the Hacker news
community, and handpicked by myself. Among
all the articles, I enjoyed reading the part where
founders talk about the ups and downs of running
a startup, especially the sweet taste of the first sale
(how could anyone forget that?).
I hope you enjoy this special issue.
— Lim Cheng Soon
Illustrators
Yngvar Asplund
Marc Aspinall
HACKER MontHLY is the print magazine version
of Hacker news —
news.ycombinator.com,
a social
news website wildly popular among programmers
and startup founders. the submission guidelines
state that content can be “anything that gratifies
one’s intellectual curiosity.” Every month, we select
from the top voted articles on Hacker news and
print them in magazine format.
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Contact
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Hacker Monthly is published by Netizens Media and not affiliated with
Y Combinator in any way.
Cover Illustration:
Marc Aspinall
Contents
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Stormpulse: Bootstrapping
By
MAttHEW WEnSInG
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StyleWorks: The First 100 Sales
By
JoHn FoRSYtHE
16
Ninite: How to Get 18,000 Beta Users in 4 Weeks
By
PAtRICK SWIESKoWSKI
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Keynotopia: Launching a Profitable Product in 3 Hours
By
AMIR KHELLA
Breakup Notifier: From 0 to 100,000 Users in 72 Hours
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By
DAn LoEWEnHERz
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Trainyard: How to Make a Popular iPhone App
By
MAtt RIx
30
Viximo: The Power of Core Peer Groups
By
BRIAn BALFouR
From
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Traysoft:
RAKItA
Big Idea to Thriving Business
By
MICHAEL
38
RunKeeper: When Giant Arrives
By
JASon JACoBS

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