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Some facts about HackerEarth

1. 500+ paying customers from 20 countries

2. 1M+ users from 100+ locations worldwide

3. Early single-digit-million-dollars in revenue

4. 117 employees

5. Offices in 3 locations

6. Partners in US and Japan

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It’s important to dream

Dream fuels ambition, ambition breeds passion

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Believe in yourself

This the biggest thing between success and failure!

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Knowledge is power

You don’t become a physicist by just reading physics

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Hard work is everything

No man every became successful without hard work

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Try different things

The kind of exposure you can get in college is unparalleled

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Choose your friends wisely

Your peer group is the limiting reagent

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Be wary of fads

Weak people create these fads to protect themselves

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Execution >> Idea

Some one has already thought of the idea that you have

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TEAM defines a Startup

Strong teams can turn around bad ideas to big companies

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Solve a Real Problem

It’s only the problem matters and nothing else

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Competition is good – embrace it

Worry about a competitor only when they have a superior product

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Fundraising is not even a milestone, leave alone the end-goal

It’s just another thing you need to do to build a company

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Prepare for the grind

It’s going to take too much out of you as a founder

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Money is just a consequence of your business, never the objective

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You never loose, you either win or you learn

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Be kind, you will always get it back

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It’s no point doing it if you are not enjoying it

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Life is a marathon, not a sprint

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The point is in the journey

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The question is not Why Entrepreneurship

It’s one of the few ways in which you can create an impact bigger than you

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Why us?

We are some of the best equipped to do something like this

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Why now?

Because there is never a better time than now

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You either be the change or you stop complaining

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