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47hats.com
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47hats.com is a personal blog at 47hats.com about startups, business and programming. Since 2008, 28 different Hacker News readers have linked it 45 times, most often “Outsourcing 101 for startup founders”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Bob Walsh's 47hats.com for its posts on bootstrapping and running micro-ISVs, including startup valuation, outsourcing, and the cost of the Google Maps API for private services.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Outsourcing 101 for startup founders2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-07-15
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-09-29
What Hacker News says?
For reference, this 2009 post talks about how you need to subscribe to $10,000 Google Maps API Premier to use Google Maps on a private service: http://47hats.com/2009/07/google-maps-the-10k-gotcha/ http://www.google.com/enterprise/earthmaps/maps.html
Comment linking /2009/07/google-maps-the-10k-gotcha/
on “This is why sites choose to stay vulnerable to Firesheep”Submitted Stop stealing as a story · 65 points
HN discussion1) Yes you are correct, I am lucky that I keep my expenses low and that I can charge a good rate to my clients. But as it has been pointed out many times, consulting while bootstrapping is a big distraction. But for me, it is also a way to socialize and stay sane by reminding me that I am still an able developer even when my startup is not doing great. 3) Yes, this is something that you learn overtime. Start small,…
Comment linking /2011/07/outsourcing-101-for-startup-founders/
on “I am a developer, yet I outsource the development of my startup”Submitted Stop hitting your Invisible Wall. as a story · 40 points
HN discussionFor a look at valuation methods, check out this post from a couple years back...it's where I typically start from: http://47hats.com/2008/07/a-tale-of-selling-a-microisv/ Where the owner of HitTail started from is anyone's guess, but I'm sure it was "as much as I can get" :-)
Comment linking /2008/07/a-tale-of-selling-a-microisv/
on “The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition”Submitted These time-sucks will add 3 months to your launch date. as a story · 36 points
HN discussion"The Web Startup Success Guide" by Bob Walsh is fantastic http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430219858?tag=keysofgeni-2... In case you don't know Bob, he's the guy behind the http://www.47hats.com/ blog, which is a great resource for startups and MicroISV's. He also does The Startup Success Podcast.
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on “Ask HN: I want to start a web company what books should I read?”Submitted Google Maps – the $10k gotcha as a story · 24 points
HN discussionYes it's available until your business has been around for 3 years or has >$1mm in revenue. You are supposed to be a business although verifying that is done more or less in good faith. You are required to have a URL and an email at that URL. You don't have to be using the MS stack though. If I remember correctly, there are program directors, you contact one and ask them to sponsor you. They do whatever they feel th…
Comment linking /2008/11/47hats-is-now-a-microsoft-bizspark-partner/
on “My book 'Programming Windows Azure' from O'Reilly is available”Submitted How to be a successful iPhone developer as a story · 12 points
HN discussionHere's a timeous post via Bob Walsh: http://47hats.com/2011/07/outsourcing-101-for-startup-founde... It does a good job of breaking out approaches for different skills, considering timezones etc. One idea: "Hire one or two people from Philippines for $3/h to help you hire someone. Ask them to post your job on the different websites I cited above and to filter the good from the bad based on the criteria you give them…
Comment linking /2011/07/outsourcing-101-for-startup-founders/
on “Ask HN: Successful Outsourcing for MicroISV's”Submitted You don’t need 1 blog: you need 3. as a story · 11 points
HN discussionIt's Bob Walsh's new project ( http://www.47hats.com/ ) and pretty much a direct competitor to the Micropreneur Academy ( http://www.micropreneur.com/ ). I haven't subscribed to either of them, so can't speak to the quality though. Seems to be a more lucrative extension to the Startup Self-help book industry in my opinion.
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on “StartupToDo.com - Guides on how to build your startup”Submitted Microfunding for MicroISVs: Y Combinator. as a story · 11 points
HN discussionI come to your site and I have no idea what it's for. Even if a friend in a band said, "hey, check this out," if I don't see something on the homepage that tells me I'm in the right place, I'm going to close the window. So in big letters say it's "Analytics for musicians" or whatever. Then I know this is the site my friend told me about. I did wait, and got the message to watch a 9 minute video. You lost me. You mig…
Comment linking /ebooks/
on a deleted threadSubmitted Why MicroISV's Fail to Sell as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scalable content generation using DBpedia (and a hint of oDesk) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted What I’ve learned about creating product videos as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Launching Software Products: Niche vs. Mass Market as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Optimizing Search Engine Rankings with Microsites as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google Chrome OS – it’s about paid content. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 5 Strategies to stop stealing time from yourself. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 6 mistakes MicroISVs make. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Two words. Get it. FocusWill.com as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to build something real in your spare time as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Outsourcing 101 for startup founders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Putting StartupToDo to sleep; lessons learned. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Inbox Zero is dead for me as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted You don’t sell to an industry, you sell to people. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Announcing StartupToDo.com (Project X) as a story · 2 points
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