It is certainly true that one of the ways in which success can be measured is sales.
What is Y Combinator's HN selling? Are they successful in that effort?
HN isn't selling anything, but without HN the founder feed would likely dry up (or maybe not, now they have critical mass) and eventually of course they're selling stock.
HN isn't selling anything, but without HN the founder feed would likely dry up (or maybe not, now they have critical mass) and eventually of course they're selling stock.