Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI just re-read this for the first time in years--it needs a re-write. I will try! But first this has inspired me to get to work on the forgotten Part II.
Safest way to start an enterprise SaaS startup is to have a buyer lined up before it’s founded. The way to have a buyer before founding is to have worked at an established, profitable firm that has that exact problem, cannot build a solution themselves, and get a signed agreement from them to buy your future product. If you leave that firm and have that document, you can raise money, then use that money to hire a team, then build…
He forgot to mention that you need to do a start up saying it is for non profit and change it later when you see that you might actually get money.
(2015)
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 914
- Total comments
- 124
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-26 | Startup Playbook | pyeu | 5 | 0 |
| 2019-01-16 | Startup Playbook (2015)First breakout · Best thread | navinsylvester | 640 | 55 |
| 2023-04-28 | Startup Playbook | dgs_sgd | 237 | 65 |
| 2024-08-11 | Startup Playbook by Sam AltmanLatest 20+ point return | hubraumhugo | 25 | 3 |
| 2025-12-14 | Startup PlaybookHall induction | aleda145 | 7 | 1 |