- Learned a lot about enterpreneurship, startups & hacking (would have otherwise taken me 3-4+ years)

- Started blogging because of HN

- Started and made money on MVPFor1k thanks to HN & it's members ($5-10k)

- Got some freelance work while I was in high-school

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- Met a good friend a couple years ago on HN that later on became my first customer, and a powerful testimonial.

- Acquired some customers because of it ($10-20k value)

- Got into a seed incubator because of it ($20k+ value)