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Brian Armstrong

Personal blog · brianarmstrong.org/blogstartupsbusinesseconomics

Brian Armstrong's personal blog at brianarmstrong.org covers startups, business and economics. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “46 Ways to Start a Business Without Money”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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6mentions?
5HN people?
2012–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked as a post about the author's next project and building things to help sell what you build. One commenter points to a thread mentioning Erica and notes the business was shut down while Coinbase did better.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Working to increase economic freedom, accelerate science, and extend healthy human lifespan.

Most-linked posts?

  1. 46 Ways to Start a Business Without Money
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-04-17

What Hacker News says?

  1. Ah, finally found it! http://brianarmstrong.org/blog/my-next-project/ Ctrl-F 'Erica' and read the whole thread of him/me! :) (He did launch the biz, but shut it down not long after that. Coinbase is doing much better! ;)

    Comment linking /blog/my-next-project/

    on “Building Stuff To Help You Sell The Stuff You Build”
  2. Submitted Announcing Ribbot.com - build your own Reddit/Hacker News style discussion forum as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted 46 Ways to Start a Business Without Money as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted How To Start A Business With No Money as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Simple Trumps Complete as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted 46 Ways To Start A Business With No Money - Brian Armstrong as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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