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Lessons from building and scaling startups, and what they reveal about monetization.

We killed our motion design job

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We killed our motion design job

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Jul 21•5 min read

Why Replit's $9B Valuation Looks Cheap

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Why Replit's $9B Valuation Looks Cheap

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Mar 24•6 min read

Vibe-coding platforms monetize. Their users can't.

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Vibe-coding platforms monetize. Their users can't.

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Mar 11•4 min read

5 years of founder grind

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5 years of founder grind

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Feb 20•9 min read

Why Stripe paid $1B for Metronome instead of fixing Billing

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Why Stripe paid $1B for Metronome instead of fixing Billing

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Feb 14•8 min read

Lago Manifesto: Building billing shouldn't suck (for neither business nor eng)

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Lago Manifesto: Building billing shouldn't suck (for neither business nor eng)

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Mar 31, 2025•5 min read

Is Y Combinator worth it from Europe? 4 European founders answer

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Is Y Combinator worth it from Europe? 4 European founders answer

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Mar 21, 2025•5 min read

I reviewed every snack in our office kitchen

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I reviewed every snack in our office kitchen

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Feb 20, 2025•8 min read

Launch weeks: How to do product marketing for boring products

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Launch weeks: How to do product marketing for boring products

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Feb 17, 2025•4 min read

Why you shouldn't be your own ICP (we aren't)

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Why you shouldn't be your own ICP (we aren't)

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Feb 5, 2025•4 min read

How we signed a world-famous AI company with a HackerNews post

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How we signed a world-famous AI company with a HackerNews post

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Nov 20, 2024•5 min read

How Lago Uses Lago: Tackling Our Own Billing Nightmares

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How Lago Uses Lago: Tackling Our Own Billing Nightmares

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Nov 13, 2024•5 min read

The 777‐point Hacker News hit that got us 1000 star

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The 777‐point Hacker News hit that got us 1000 star

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Nov 24, 2023•6 min read

We’re in Beta, why are they so mad?

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We’re in Beta, why are they so mad?

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Nov 8, 2023•6 min read

Why companies should consider alpha and beta programs

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Why companies should consider alpha and beta programs

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Oct 29, 2023•6 min read

1046 upvotes: The ProductHunt playbook that made Lago product of the month

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1046 upvotes: The ProductHunt playbook that made Lago product of the month

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Jul 25, 2023•5 min read

Post-mortem of our 1st YC startup: a Reverse ETL

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Post-mortem of our 1st YC startup: a Reverse ETL

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Dec 15, 2022•12 min read

Moving to the US after YC: SF, NYC... or Miami?

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Moving to the US after YC: SF, NYC... or Miami?

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Dec 8, 2022•4 min read

How we got into YC, pre-product, pre-revenue

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How we got into YC, pre-product, pre-revenue

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Nov 11, 2022•10 min read

How we ship fast: our framework

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How we ship fast: our framework

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Nov 8, 2022•7 min read

Traveling to the North Pole is like creating a startup

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Traveling to the North Pole is like creating a startup

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Sep 15, 2022•4 min read

Pivot Series ‒ Part 1: Why we moved away from the no-code reverse ETL space

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Pivot Series ‒ Part 1: Why we moved away from the no-code reverse ETL space

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Aug 19, 2022•8 min read

Europe needs to catch up on pivot culture

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Europe needs to catch up on pivot culture

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Jul 8, 2022•5 min read

Being startup employee number one

Startup Stories

Being startup employee number one

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•May 27, 2022•7 min read

Taking part in Y Combinator from Europe: is it worth it?

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Taking part in Y Combinator from Europe: is it worth it?

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•May 9, 2022•5 min read

VCs using scouts means founders get the short end of the stick

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VCs using scouts means founders get the short end of the stick

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Apr 25, 2022•4 min read

Pricing, my only growth hack at Qonto

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Pricing, my only growth hack at Qonto

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Apr 15, 2022•7 min read

Europe needs to embrace operator angel investors

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Europe needs to embrace operator angel investors

Anh-Tho Chuong

Anh-Tho Chuong•Apr 11, 2022•3 min read

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