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Christoph Janz

Personal blog · christophjanz.blogspot.comstartupsbusiness

Christoph Janz writes The Angel VC, a personal blog at christophjanz.blogspot.com about startups and business. Since 2011, 48 different Hacker News readers have linked it 81 times, most often “Different ways to build a $100M business (2014)”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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81mentions?
48HN people?
2011–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 22 in 2015

Thoughts on Internet startups, SaaS and early-stage investing from Christoph Janz @ Point Nine Capital.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Different ways to build a $100M business (2014)
    19 people · 19 mentions · first linked 2014-10-06
  2. The problem with month-over-month growth rates
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2015-12-01
  3. It is easy to build $1-2M SaaS company
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-02-20
  4. What does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2016?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-06-01
  5. Five ways to build a $100M SaaS business
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-07-15
  6. The growing dissonance between two business models (SaaS and VC)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-05-17
  7. A simple tool to improve your 2016 planning
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-12-13
  8. /
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-31
  9. Key Revenue Metrics for SaaS Companies
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-04-24
  10. Three more ways to build a $100M business
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-26

What Hacker News says?

  1. projektfu · 2020-06-05
    If you’re going to write a SaaS project (most of HN success stories) then consider what market you’re targeting. I found this article useful: http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2014/10/five-ways-to-build...

    Comment linking /2014/10/five-ways-to-build-100-million-business.html

    on “Ask HN: How do I reach making $1-1.5k/mo in 13 months?”
  2. jasim · 2019-03-31

    Submitted Different ways to build a $100M business (2014) as a story · 307 points

    HN discussion
  3. konschubert · 2020-12-21
    It happens regularly and it's called a re-up http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2018/11/founders-please-do...

    Comment linking /2018/11/founders-please-dont-allow-anyone-to.html

    on “Startup Stock Options – Why A Good Deal Has Gone Bad (2019)”
  4. chrija · 2017-11-18

    Submitted A Founder Salary Calculator as a story · 249 points

    HN discussion
  5. joshxyz · 2020-12-25
    Why everyone shitting on sam lol. If you're looking for other complementary stuff, you might find these useful - https://www.ycombinator.com/library - https://www.forentrepreneurs.com/saas-metrics-2/ - http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/ - https://www.kalzumeus.com/ - https://pmarchive.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “How to Start a Startup (2014)”
  6. chrija · 2011-02-25

    Submitted Did launching a web startup become 10x cheaper between 1998 and 2011? as a story · 41 points

    HN discussion
  7. allenleein · 2016-07-31
    Some tech blogs: Benedict Evans: http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/ Hunter Walk: https://hunterwalk.com/ Coding Horrow: https://blog.codinghorror.com/ Feld Thoughts: http://www.feld.com/ Mattermark: https://mattermark.com/ BEN THOMPSON: https://stratechery.com/ The Angel VC: http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: What's on your RSS reader?”
  8. christophjanz · 2017-01-10

    Submitted SaaS Funding Napkin, the 2017 edition as a story · 24 points

    HN discussion
  9. coffeemug · 2016-11-23
    This post mostly applies to hunting deers and rabbits[1]. Elephants and flies are different. The concern with new founders working on enterprise products is that it's very easy to convince yourself you're building for the enterprise when you really aren't. RethinkDB is case in point -- it's not the type of product you sell to a CIO (even with MongoDB, very few if any large organizations run on it -- it's mostly limi…

    Comment linking /2014/10/five-ways-to-build-100-million-business.html

    on “Talking to users”
  10. chrija · 2015-12-15

    Submitted The problem with month-over-month growth rates as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  11. 4thstreet · 2021-07-15
    The API is something we're exploring alongside the all-in-one HR & payroll product. With the API you get much higher volumes for a lower price. It's mice vs. whales! See here for what I'm on about: http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2019/04/five-years-later-f... As far as how well financially one model turns out to be vs the other, I think a lot of that depends on market size. I do wonder how big the market is for a…

    Comment linking /2019/04/five-years-later-five-ways-to-build-100.html

    on “Launch HN: Onfolk (YC S21) – Modern HR and Payroll in One Place (For the UK)”
  12. chrija · 2015-12-16

    Submitted A simple tool to improve your 2016 planning as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  13. jabo · 2022-05-16
    > The enterprise playbook is to sell on slides, iterate with a few customers and go after even bigger customers. I would call this product discovery and development with early adopters, something I hope every startup is doing. I've also seen this be called a Lighthouse program. > Managing enterprise customers is easier than managing thousands or small companies. And it also create a natural barrier to entry I defini…

    Comment linking /2014/10/five-ways-to-build-100-million-business.html

    on “In search of organic software”
  14. spindritf · 2014-10-14

    Submitted Five ways to build a $100M business as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  15. codegeek · 2017-11-06
    Haven't found a lot myself but I came across this interesting article by a VC. Talks about the type of customers you need to go after depending on what you want to achieve. http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2014/10/five-ways-to-build...

    Comment linking /2014/10/five-ways-to-build-100-million-business.html

    on “Ask HN: I want to create a successful software company. What is my roadmap?”
  16. shubhamjain · 2016-02-23

    Submitted It is easy to build $1-2M SaaS company as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  17. sharemywin · 2017-11-03
    This should give you some general ideas of strategy: http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2014/10/five-ways-to-build... If your hunting rabbits, one thing that's not mentioned is get some rabbit clients work out the bugs then go after deer using rabbits clients as case studies.

    Comment linking /2014/10/five-ways-to-build-100-million-business.html

    on “Ask HN: How to do small business sales?”
  18. nullflow · 2015-02-01

    Submitted Five ways to build a $100M business as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  19. sharemywin · 2017-06-12
    http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2016/06/saas-funding-napki...

    Comment linking /2016/06/saas-funding-napkin-mobile-friendly.html

    on “Ask HN: Raising funds for hotel tech startup?”
  20. marban · 2014-12-17

    Submitted VC One-Slide Update Deck as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  21. chrija · 2014-11-02

    Submitted Good VCs, bad VCs as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  22. chrija · 2016-02-20

    Submitted That’s a nice little $1-2M SaaS company you have here. Will it scale? as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  23. chrija · 2014-10-06

    Submitted 5 ways to build a $100M business as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  24. chrija · 2018-12-12

    Submitted There’s more than one path to $100M as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  25. paulmckeever · 2018-11-13

    Submitted A practical guide to cohort analysis as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  26. craigkerstiens · 2018-07-31

    Submitted Five ways to build a $100M business as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  27. imartin2k · 2017-07-20

    Submitted Five ways to build a $100M business (2014) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  28. chrija · 2016-06-28

    Submitted What does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2016? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  29. bokenator · 2016-06-28

    Submitted SaaS Financial Plan 2.0 as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  30. hmsln · 2015-07-18

    Submitted The evolution of the SaaS landing page as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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