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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, October 30, 2024?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, "Sense and Sensibility" is Published in 1811, Muhammad Ali Wins the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974, The Soviet Union Detonated the Tsar Bomba in 1961, and we present you with these top quality stories. From Scaling Minds, Not Numbers: The Startup Marketing Hack You’re Not Using to Building Vertical SaaS in an Old School Industry: What NOT to Do, let’s dive right in.

Meet Cropler, Connectech DoubleShift: HackerNoon Startups of the Week

TL;DR This week’s featured Startups of the Week on HackerNoon are Cropler, Connectech, and DoubleShift.

By @startupsoftheweek [ 3 Min read ]

This week, we’re pleased to bring you Cropler, Connectech, and DoubleShift.

Want to be nominated for HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year? Learn how here.

Support Cropler - Vote here!

Support Connectech - Vote here!

Support DoubleShift - Vote here!

https://hackernoon.com/ai-driven-solutions-for-modern-agritech-interview-with-soty-2024-nominee-cropler?embedable=true..

Last Call: One Month Left to Win Your Share of $17,500 in the #bitcoin Writing Contest

TL;DR Enter the #bitcoin writing contest on HackerNoon by November 30, 2024, for a chance to win from $17,500 in prizes.

By @hackernooncontests [ 3 Min read ]

Hey, HackerNoon fam!

Back in May 2024, we kicked off the #bitcoin writing contest, calling on Bitcoin maximalists, developers, thought leaders, and Web3 enthusiasts to explore the Bitcoin ecosystem—its origins, financial impact, core ethos, development stacks, Rootstock’s role in extending its capabilities and other related topics.

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Scaling Minds, Not Numbers: The Startup Marketing Hack You’re Not Using

TL;DR Do offline ads right, and you wont be chasing growth—youll be writing it into existing. Heres how startups can hack the system with offline advertising.

By @bigmao [ 5 Min read ]

We startup people are metrics junkies—watching conversion rates like stock tickers, hoping some magic number will unlock unicorn status. But none of that matters until people believe you’re big.

The best hack? Look like a giant, even if you’re eating ramen in a garage.

Numbers follow stories...

Building Vertical SaaS in an Old School Industry: What NOT to Do

TL;DR Exited Series A Vertical SaaS founder talks about the pitfalls of building in an old school industry.

By @shangyan [ 8 Min read ]

Two major problems stood out:

We spent a few months shadowing suppliers’ workflows at 3am, and thought we had the answer. Our plan essentially consisted of 3 components:

It seemed like a no-brainer. But we were wrong—really wrong.

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We Need More Layer 1s, Please

TL;DR Curious about the future of Layer 1s? Read on to see why new blockchains could challenge Ethereum, and how a multi-chain world may reshape crypto’s next chapter

By @andreydidovskiy [ 6 Min read ]

Just like nations have their unique laws/regimes/currencies by which their economies work and citizens abide, Layer 1 blockchains are sovereign digital ecosystems with their own hard-coded consensus rules, validator sets, and units of value for transactions.

From the interoperability of layer 0's,

to the economic security of 1's,..

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