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Avichal Garg
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Avichal Garg's personal blog at avichal.wordpress.com covers startups and business. Since 2011, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Why education startups do not succeed”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Avichal Garg's posts on startup economics, including why education startups struggle to make money and whether a product's obstacles have been removed before building it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Why education startups do not succeed4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2011-10-11
- Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-12-19
- "Build something people want" is not enough3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-11-15
- Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed (2011)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-03-17
What Hacker News says?
The difference, though, is that the money that Khan Academy has raised is donations. They're not investors who are seeking a (financial) return on their capital. Education is a tough space for startups trying to make money: http://avichal.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/why-education-startu...
Comment linking /2011/10/07/why-education-startups-do-not-succeed/
on “Codecademy (YC S11) Raises $2.5 Million To Teach You How To Code”Submitted "Build something people want" is not enough as a story · 195 points
HN discussionI'm going to disagree with a lot of the sentiment here. I think it's rare to find a business that really truly works and you may have found the beginnings of one. Be ambitious. Figure out how to scale this 100x. In terms of what you should do, it's hard to know without the specifics of what your business does, who you are, what you are good at, how your business will grow, etc. I think there are some general thought…
Comment linking /2011/10/07/why-education-startups-do-not-succeed/
on “Ask HN: I am doing $2M annually as a solopreneur and need your help”Submitted Why education startups do not succeed as a story · 153 points
HN discussionThis is a perfect example of why Avichal Garg's post was spot on: http://avichal.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/build-something-peop... This company was certainly building something that people might want, but failed to see if the roadblocks that had stopped similar efforts before them had been removed. They should have been able to find out how much work, money in the form of advances, and relationships they needed to ev…
Comment linking /2011/11/14/build-something-people-want-is-not-enough/
on “$87 M. News Corp. Backed Startup Shuts Down Before Launch”Submitted Why do serial entrepreneurs exist as a story · 26 points
HN discussionThis looks similar to what Tipjoy (ex-YC) tried a couple years ago, before they deadpooled: http://techcrunch.com/2009/04/08/micro-blogging-meets-micro-... In line with the post that @avichal wrote the other day ( http://avichal.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/build-something-peop... ): why now?
Comment linking /2011/11/14/build-something-people-want-is-not-enough/
on “Buy, sell, donate and transact on Twitter”Submitted Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startups Win by Cheating as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Education Startups Do Not Succeed (2011) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Badass Entrepreneurs Deal With Cease and Desists as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Protestors in Oakland took over the highway as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cultural Competence as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Compound Interest is for People Too as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Equity does not equal sense of ownership as a story · 1 points
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