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GoPractice
Company blog · gopractice.io/blogbusinessstartupsdata
GoPractice is the company blog at gopractice.io, writing about business, startups and data. Since 2019, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 28 times, most often “How a game I made over the weekend amassed 2M downloads”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite this blog as a source for SaaS metrics such as net dollar retention, for analysis of tech IPOs like Slack's, and for the statistical 'peeking problem'. The comments do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- How a game I made over the weekend amassed 2M downloads2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-07-24
- Reading between the lines: What Slack didn’t disclose in its IPO filing2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-05-22
What Hacker News says?
- nl · 2019-09-18
its annualized revenue is growing at a rate of 143% year-to-year, with net retention of customer spending at 153%. Net dollar retention is the metric anyone judging a SAAS business should be looking at. 153% is nearly the best I've ever seen - Twilio was 155%, Slack 140% at IPO[1], Sendgrid 115%, Mulesoft 117%[2] [1] https://gopractice.io/blog/slack-ipo-reading-between-lines/ [2] https://about.crunchbase.com/blog/ne…
Comment linking /blog/slack-ipo-reading-between-lines/
on “Gitlab More Than Doubles Valuation to $2.75B Ahead of Planned 2020 IPO” Submitted We launched an app with $500k annual revenue, and then Apple copied it as a story · 165 points
HN discussionThat's not how significance works - so much so that it has a nickname, "peeking": https://gopractice.io/data/peeking-problem/
Comment linking /data/peeking-problem/
on “Ask HN: Would you watch the statistically significant Olympic Games?”Submitted “Slack vs. Teams” as the world goes remote as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted The risks of growth models relying on paid marketing as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pricing experiments that can increase your revenue as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A change in iOS 13 can put an end to Calm’s 1B valuation as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Slack vs. Teams vs. Workplace: The dynamics of the work messenger market as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Engagement metrics can be misleading as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Product Leadership: Interview with Vaibhav Sahgal, Head of Growth at Reddit as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to find new markets through value chain analysis as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Running experiments where you make your product worse – underrated tool as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Game developers can leverage the hidden potential of their data as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to estimate the revenue, downloads and audience of a competitor’s app? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted ASO optimization in practice: Game made over weekend amassed 2M downloads as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How a game I made over the weekend amassed 2M downloads as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why every team member should know the key product metrics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How the backlog issues prioritization saved the company as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Launching new products for existing audiences can help grow your company as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Onboarding a product manager – do’s and don’ts in the first few weeks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why your A/B tests take longer than they should as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Spotify’s paying conversion rate is not 40% as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is product/market fit and how to measure it as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to increase the effectiveness of your product analysts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interview with Director of Product Management at Twitter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Setting up event tracking for a mobile app as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Day N retention, rolling retention, and the many facets of the retention metric as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reading between the lines: What Slack didn’t disclose in its IPO filing as a story · 1 points
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