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David Hornik

Personal blog · ventureblog.comstartupsbusiness

David Hornik writes VentureBlog, a personal blog at ventureblog.com about startups and business. Since 2007, 30 different Hacker News readers have linked it 46 times, most often “The Temptation of Data”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.

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46mentions?
30HN people?
2007–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 13 in 2009

VentureBlog is brought to you by David Hornik, a founding partner at Lobby Capital. For more than 25 years he has worked closely with technology entrepreneurs to help them build transformative businesses.

Most-linked posts?

  1. The Temptation of Data
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-09-13
  2. Investing is About Passion
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-12-27
  3. Want to get funded? Get an introduction
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-11-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. mohamedzahid · 2013-11-13
    The list ("standout posts" are according to Forbes): 1. On Startups (onstartups.com) 2. For Entrepreneurs (forentrepreneurs.com) 3. Steve Blank (steveblank.com) 4. Startup Lawyer (startuplawyer.com) 5. Rock the Post (rockthepost.com) 6. Venture Hacks (venturehacks.com) 7. Dutiee (dutiee.com) 8. Chris Dixon --> standout post ( http://cdixon.org/2013/06/01/some-thoughts-on-mobile/ ) 9. Quora (I mean, Quora's awesome,…

    Comment linking /2013/09/want-to-get-funded-get-an-introduction.html

    on “100 Best Websites For Entrepreneurs”
  2. daveambrose · 2009-01-21

    Submitted Innovation Doesn't Take a Vacation in an Economic Downturn as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  3. razin · 2011-03-24

    Submitted Great Lawyers Are Worth More Than $5,000 as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  4. antr · 2013-02-02

    Submitted Secondary Market Stupidity as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  5. reitzensteinm · 2008-01-30

    Submitted Entrepreneurial Success According to Paul Graham and Madeline Albright as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  6. amirmc · 2011-03-09

    Submitted "Currently we don't have time for due diligence" as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  7. bradly · 2011-09-07

    Submitted Just Say No To Capped Convertible Notes as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  8. peter123 · 2009-03-06

    Submitted Fantastic Advice for Angel Investors as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  9. prakash · 2009-01-16

    Submitted Great Entrepreneurs Build "Tribes" as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  10. reitzensteinm · 2008-01-06

    Submitted Venture Capital in China as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  11. BioGeek · 2007-02-20

    Submitted Entrepreneurship In Europe as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  12. dmor · 2013-03-06

    Submitted VCitis as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. dmor · 2012-12-27

    Submitted The Temptation of Data as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  14. dwynings · 2011-01-25

    Submitted How Entrepreneurs Gain Credibility as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. peter123 · 2009-01-23

    Submitted Will VCs Continue to Suspend Disbelief as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  16. dwynings · 2009-10-12

    Submitted Lessons from Rajeev Motwani's and Craig Johnson's Lives as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. peter123 · 2009-01-27

    Submitted Enterprise Software is Not Dead Yet as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. kulkarnic · 2008-03-19

    Submitted No Adjectives please! (How to pitch your company) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. usablecontent · 2007-04-29

    Submitted VentureBlog: Sillywood, Part 2: Perceived Success Breeds Success as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. usablecontent · 2007-04-29

    Submitted VentureBlog: Sillywood, Part 1: Believing Makes It So as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. gatsby · 2012-11-07

    Submitted The Temptation of Data as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. bjonathan · 2011-10-29

    Submitted Pitching a VC: Why Financials Matter as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. _pius · 2010-11-14

    Submitted Isn't "Hypomanic Entrepreneur" Redundant? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. kgutteridge · 2010-07-04

    Submitted iPads in the board room as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. inmygarage · 2010-03-09

    Submitted In the Land of Twitter, Blogging is King as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. inmygarage · 2010-02-05

    Submitted FourSquare Fatigue and the Evolution of Privacy as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. dwynings · 2009-09-21

    Submitted Fueling the IPO Fire? or Burning it Out? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. peter123 · 2009-09-08

    Submitted Venture Capitalist At Your Service as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. peter123 · 2009-03-12

    Submitted Aardvark: Answering the Tough Questions as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. mattjaynes · 2007-04-08

    Submitted VentureBlog: Paul Graham is Today's Prius as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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