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docsend.com
Company blog · docsend.com/blogstartupsbusiness
docsend.com is the company blog at docsend.com, writing about startups and business. Since 2014, 69 different Hacker News readers have linked it 228 times, most often “Bitcoin Uses Far Less Energy Than Banking System and Gold Industry”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Rarely recommended · 0 of 40 sampled comments recommend it?
Why HN links it
DocSend hosts shared documents, mostly pitch decks, investor reports and papers. HN links them for startup fundraising, India consumer trends, Bitcoin energy comparisons and job application materials.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 40 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Bitcoin Uses Far Less Energy Than Banking System and Gold Industry4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-05-17
- /view/p8jxsqr3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-06-09
- /view/taygkbn3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-04-23
- I Just Raised a $3M Seed Round from Top VCs, Here's My Step-by-Step Process2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-12-10
- Analytics and Metrics for Documents You Send2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-05-19
- /view/7vf32882 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-10-01
- A note from the co-founders of DocSend: We’re joining Dropbox2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-09
- Esther Crawford Built, Grew, and Sold Her Startup, Squad, to Twitter2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-17
What Hacker News says?
^ This. You can read the reports at https://blume.vc/reports/indus-valley-annual-report-2025 or archives at https://www.indusvalleyreport.com/ . The ppt in the blog is from the 2024 report - https://docsend.com/view/zqgfupfzyud499hn . The India 1-2-3 framework is old though. IIRC it was coined by a retail sector founder (Kishore Biyani) in the 2000s. Also Koramangala, HSR layout are also the more affluent localities…
Comment linking /view/zqgfupfzyud499hn
on “Everyone knows all the apps on your phone”Submitted VC bias in viewing pitch decks can affect fundraising success as a story · 51 points
HN discussionthis is what we're building! https://docsend.com/view/petujc3wgtnj5ghy
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on “We need a middle class for startups”Submitted Bitcoin Uses Far Less Energy Than Banking System and Gold Industry as a story · 16 points
HN discussionDocNav Labs | New York City (Union Square) | Onsite | Full-time | https://www.docnavapp.com/ Lead Engineer (Full Stack) DocNav is changing the way people interact with documents – providing unparalleled insight and solving problems they didn’t know they have. After a successful launch and a financial raise, DocNav is looking for an engineer to help lead it to the next level. You will be the technical lead. The posit…
Comment linking /view/vjivdrt
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2015)”Submitted VC deck: What's gone wrong in software and why we're optimistic as a story · 12 points
HN discussionDachshund-Powered Delivery Service https://docsend.com/dachshund
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on “List of April Fools' Day Announcements”Submitted Bored Ape Yacht Club pitch deck as a story · 7 points
HN discussionDocSend (San Francisco) DocSend is a content management system that has both top-rated culture and a top-rated product. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who wants influence on the product (both current and future!) and team. Tech stack is Rails, JS/CoffeeScript, Heroku, Postgres. Learn more about the job (and see DocSend in action) here: https://docsend.com/view/7vf3288 Or for the regular job description…
Comment linking /view/7vf3288
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)”Submitted Ghosted at the end of the deal cycle? Keep late-stage deals from going dark as a story · 5 points
HN discussionDocSend (San Francisco) DocSend is a content management system that has both top-rated culture and a top-rated product. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who wants influence on the product (both current and future!) and team. Tech stack is Rails, JS/CoffeeScript, Heroku, Postgres. Learn more about the job (and see DocSend in action) here: https://docsend.com/view/7vf3288 Or for the regular job description…
Comment linking /view/7vf3288
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2018)”Submitted As VC focus shifts from previous years, here’s how your pitch deck can shine as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAdding our failed Series A pitch deck because I think its interesting for this crowd: https://docsend.com/view/bm5za5w
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on “Circadian lighting with Home Assistant: Like f.lux, but for your house”Submitted The DocSend Fundraising Network as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI'm not sure how that can be true, given that it's a written proposal[0]. Not many have read it, and certainly both opponents and proponents have made up things that are or are not in it, but it's not just a buzzword. https://docsend.com/view/8gxh826
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on “We Need a Nuclear New Deal, Not a Green New Deal”Submitted Analytics and Metrics for Documents You Send as a story · 5 points
HN discussionKarma | Software Engineer | Canberra, Australia | www.karma.wiki Karma’s vision is to make it easy to learn about any person. We’re a small team of 3 founders, our product is in beta, we’ve raised a seed round of investment, and we’re ramping up for our launch in March. Ideal candidate has experience in web development (front or back end), and is able to work full-time & on-site. However, we will consider all applic…
Comment linking /view/ejkkpwd
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2016)”Submitted Sealing the deal in 12 slides: What VCs want to see inside your seed deck as a story · 4 points
HN discussionDocNav Labs | New York City (Union Square) | Onsite | Full-time | https://www.docnavapp.com/ Lead Engineer (Full Stack) DocNav is changing the way people interact with documents – providing unparalleled insight and solving problems they didn’t even know they have. After a successful launch and a financial raise, DocNav is looking for an engineer to help lead it to the next level. You will be the technical lead. The…
Comment linking /view/vjivdrt
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2015)”Submitted Despite fighting harder, Black female founders get less funding as a story · 4 points
HN discussionOther references for pitchdecks: The statistically recommended pitch deck breakdown: https://docsend.com/view/p8jxsqr The original FaceBook pitch deck, including a keg stand: https://slidebean.com/blog/startups/facebook-pitch-deck
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on “YC Seed Deck Template”Submitted Why the “Why Now” fundraising slide is more important than ever as a story · 4 points
HN discussionAre you for real? Crypto right now, while being used by under 1% of population use, uses 40% of the energy of the global banking system[1]. In other words, if it were to increase to even 10% of the population using it, it would use over 4x the energy of the global banking system. If that increased to 50%, it would be 20x. This would be somewhat mitigated in the case of Proof of Stake, but would simultaneously give m…
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on “Stripe Crypto”Submitted A note from the co-founders of DocSend: We’re joining Dropbox as a story · 4 points
HN discussionUpbeat (music tech startup) | San Diego, Los Angeles, Southern California, or Remote | Full-Stack Engineer w/ Front-end Focus We're looking for one of our first 5 key hires. Demonstrated expertise (web and mobile) with Ionic, Angular7+, Javascript, Typescript, Node, RESTful APIs, HTML, CSS. Helpful if you also have experience with Firebase, Heroku, Postman, SENTRY, Spotify API, Figma. Job description: https://docsen…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2020)”Submitted I Just Raised a $3M Seed Round from Top VCs, Here's My Step-by-Step Process as a story · 4 points
HN discussionValue creation and value capture are often misaligned for founders. In a nutshell, stories like these are why we're building out TXF - a fund for founders to invest with their equity. Structured as a fund with a diligence process to ensure quality. Hoping to make venture capital a little fairer for founders. If anyone's interested... https://docsend.com/view/dtrtu8y7eczki9dz
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on “Sell for half a billion and get nothing (2021)”Submitted Tracking crypto flows into/out of exchange wallets during the April price spike as a story · 4 points
HN discussionClementine ( https://clementine.games/)| Founding Technical Designer | REMOTE We bring human-like decision making into game mechanics. We do this via behavior systems that rely on a combination of generative AI and planning algorithms. The most obvious use case is AI NPCs, but game masters, storytellers, opponents, and a myriad of other game mechanics can be greatly enhanced by the same core technology. We are looki…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2024)”Submitted Building a Datacenter (For Dummies) Part I – Crucible Capital as a story · 3 points
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