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Adam Nash
Personal blog · blog.adamnash.comstartupsbusiness
Adam Nash writes Psychohistory, a personal blog at blog.adamnash.com about startups and business. Since 2009, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Be a Great Product Leader”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-25, and you can follow it by feed.
The personal blog of Adam Nash
Most-linked posts?
- Be a Great Product Leader2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-16
- Apple, Cisco, and Dow 150002 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-02-15
- Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-10-11
What Hacker News says?
The explanation I have always heard is that the margin on the software license (for OS 7) was not high enough to make up for the loss in hardware profits. The problem was exacerbated because the clone makers were targeting the high-margin top-end of the Apple line. (In other words, pretty much what the parent comment said.) E.g., this blog entry (skip down to "Amelio") -- http://blog.adamnash.com/2008/04/16/reminder…
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on “The amount of crap Windows users have to put up with is incredible”Submitted Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay as a story · 246 points
HN discussionI really am annoyed and almost think it is borderline wrong that he failed to mention that to be an angel investor (his $120k invested in startups), you have to be an accredited investor by the standard IRS regulations. My guess is most of the people reading his blog aren't accredited investors, otherwise they would not be reading his blog regularly and getting all pumped up 4HWW style. "Currently, there are two way…
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on “How to Create Your Own Real-World MBA”Submitted Why T-shirts matter at tech companies as a story · 243 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple, Cisco, and Dow 15000 as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Adam Nash of Greylock writes about Zynga and clawbacks as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted User Acquisition: Viral Factor Basics as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted LinkedIn as a Platform as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google vs. The Teamsters as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple & Dow 15000: Update as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted User Acquisition: Cycle Time Matters as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pinterest & LinkedIn: Identity of Taste vs. Expertise as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Game Mechanics of Silicon Valley Careers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Accredited Investors: Fixing the Dumb Money Problem (2010) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Steve Jobs, BMW and EBay (2011) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple, Cisco, and Dow 15000 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Guide to Product Planning: Three Feature Buckets as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blackberry’s Impossible Mission as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Be a Great Product Leader as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Great Product Leaders Win Games as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Be a Great Product Leader as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Personal Finance for Engineers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Farmville Economics: Sweet Seeds are Almost Genius… « Psychohistory as a story · 1 points
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