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500hats.com
Personal blog · 500hats.comcareerculturestartups
500hats.com is a personal blog at 500hats.com about career, culture and startups. Since 2012, 42 different Hacker News readers have linked it 44 times, most often “I'm a creep. I'm sorry”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (12) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Dave McClure's 500hats.com posts, mainly 'Late bloomer, not a loser' on late success and self-doubt, and his post apologising for inappropriate conduct, often in McClure-related threads.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 12 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- I'm a creep. I'm sorry5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2017-07-01
- Late Bloomer, Not a Loser5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2012-07-22
- Late bloomer, not a loser. (I hope) 3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-07-08
- Niche 2 Win, Baby.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-15
- Deep Thoughts on the Food Tech Revolution by Captain Obvious McClure2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-12-28
- Fear of Flying2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-12-29
What Hacker News says?
I was wondering how true this was. It's here: >With respect to the NYT article above and Sarah Kunst specifically, I’d like to sincerely apologize for making inappropriate advances towards her several years ago over drinks, late one night in a small group, where she mentioned she was interested in a job at 500. While I did not offer her a job at the time, a few days/weeks later I did refer her to my co-founder Chris…
Comment linking /im-a-creep-i-m-sorry-d2c13e996ea0
on “Shedding Light on the “Black Box of Inappropriateness””Submitted Late bloomer, not a loser. (I hope) as a story · 604 points
HN discussionHm... I'm glad for having you here... :-) Oh, and personally, I believe young age is hyped too much. ( http://500hats.com/late-bloomer/ )
Comment linking /late-bloomer/
on “Fabrice Bellard: Portrait of a super-productive programmer (2011)”Submitted I'm a creep. I'm sorry as a story · 321 points
HN discussionThe one person that I would have never suspected is Dave McClure. Here's a guy who didn't fit the investment world and he was smart and hustled his way in. He started 500 startups with a female co-founder and said he chose her because she was smarter. He saw an opening for himself and talked about playing Moneyball for venture capital. He spoke often in interviews about chasing investments among founders who didn't…
Comment linking /commitment-to-diversity-d8a4ac8b1c12
on “McClure steps back at 500Startups after internal sexual misconduct investigation”Submitted Screw the Black Swans: Ichiro is our role model, not Barry Bonds. as a story · 183 points
HN discussionHi. Sorry you're hurting. A professional specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy might be especially helpful to you, in just a few sessions. You need to break the pattern of thought that leads you to fixate on your regrets, shortcomings and other negativity. With all of this taking up space in your mind, you'll have a hard time finding the attention or energy for the many exciting options open to you. Put anoth…
Comment linking /late-bloomer
on “Ask HN: How do you stop regretting?”Submitted Dear Marissa: Think Different as a story · 115 points
HN discussionI'm 37, so I know that feeling well. There's a sense that others are moving on with their lives, both professionally and personally (eg getting married, having kids) but you are stuck and not going anywhere. Honestly, I'm not through this and still feel much of this, but through therepy I've realized that this keeping up with others isn't a helpful thing. Plenty of people are late bloomers (here's an example, obviou…
Comment linking /late-bloomer-not-a-loser-i-hope-ac0ec49a6ddc
on “A therapist’s guide to staying productive when depressed or heartbroken”Submitted What Hasn’t Changed: The Internet Keeps Getting Bigger as a story · 79 points
HN discussionTo everyone down voting me: Please don't turn hacker news into reddit. Extraordinary claims require substantial amount of evidence to have any weight. If sexism was rampant and common through out the entire software development industry, more so than other industries, I think we would see a lot of evidence supporting that. Look at the evidence, and form your conclusions based on that. The reason why I discounted Ube…
Comment linking /im-a-creep-i-m-sorry-d2c13e996ea0
on “I Almost Left Tech Today”Submitted The Unicorn Hedge as a story · 62 points
HN discussionJust to add to the evidence others are posting, Dave McClure is a fine example and my go-to since people started complaining Uber's scandal wasn't "original enough." [0] https://500hats.com/im-a-creep-i-m-sorry-d2c13e996ea0 [1] https://cherylyeoh.com/2017/07/03/shedding-light-on-the-blac...
Comment linking /im-a-creep-i-m-sorry-d2c13e996ea0
on “I Almost Left Tech Today”Submitted Fear of Flying as a story · 56 points
HN discussionSuits are one of the many well-known ways to get (certain) people to like you and respect you. If you've ever failed to reach your goals due to other people's suboptimal reception of your presentation, consider this: " Your business suit will probably cost about as much as a computer monitor. You only need it once in a blue moon, but when you need it you’ll be really, really, really glad that you have it. Take my wo…
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on “Taleb: The future will not be cool”Submitted VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself - Dave McClure as a story · 54 points
HN discussionI agree with most of what you said, but I think it's worth pointing out that there are ways to muse about one's human failings, disappointments, and struggles without striking people as obnoxious or whiny. Dave McClure's "late bloomer, not a loser (I hope)" is a great recent example. http://500hats.com/late-bloomer/
Comment linking /late-bloomer/
on “On Living Below Your Potential”Submitted Niche 2 Win, Baby. as a story · 41 points
HN discussionHere are a few: - http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html - http://cdixon.org/2010/03/14/developing-new-startup-ideas/ - http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/08/st_qareis/ These are tangentially related: - http://blog.eladgil.com/2012/02/entrepreneurial-turbulence.h... - http://500hats.com/niche-to-win I have more general "starting a startup" links here: http://bitly.com/bundles/o_7ki5mkvgf8/1
Comment linking /niche-to-win
on “Finding Ideas For Your Next Project”Submitted Deep Thoughts on the Food Tech Revolution by Captain Obvious McClure as a story · 33 points
HN discussionI find feedback mechanisms that allow readers to react to individual parts of text to be useful, especially when the text is of a technical nature. What I dislike about this particular implementation is the UI: You don't know what happens when you click the button until you have actually clicked it (the same problem has for example the 'kudos' widget on Svbtle[0]). Also the button is slightly obtrusive. Something mo…
Comment linking /late-bloomer/
on “Now you lost me”Submitted The Unicorn Hedge – There's a bubble but it's not in tech as a story · 18 points
HN discussionI had to follow a string of links to understand this story better, but it sounds like this individual made advances towards coworkers and colleagues. That got me thinking, on a nationwide basis, how many people would be resigning if they were to resign based on making advances to coworkers? For anyone else curious, here's a medium post from the linked article, written by the individual, referencing his behavior of a…
Comment linking /im-a-creep-i-m-sorry-d2c13e996ea0
on “Dave McClure resigns as general partner of 500 Startups”Submitted The Unicorn Hedge: There’s a Bubble… but It Ain’t in Tech as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Late Bloomer, Not a Loser as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Unicorn Hedge as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Niche to Win as a story · 3 points
HN discussion- pw · 2015-10-30
Submitted Late bloomer, not a loser. – 500 Hats as a story · 3 points
HN discussion Submitted The Unicorn Hedge as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The unicorn hedge as a story · 2 points
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