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David Lee

Personal blog · daslee.mestartupsbusiness

David Lee's personal blog at daslee.me covers startups and business. Since 2012, 37 different Hacker News readers have linked it 60 times, most often “Thoughts on Acqui-hires & Soft Landings”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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60mentions?
1recommend?
37HN people?
2012–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 29 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link David Lee's startup essays on fundraising timing, acquihires, and productivity, mostly to back up their own points. One commenter specifically recommends his fundraising post.

Recommended for · 1 comments
A good recent post on how long fundraising takes.

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.

Trying to bring something to the table.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Thoughts on Acqui-hires & Soft Landings
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-18
  2. Productivity, by Ron Conway
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-01-13
  3. Reading Jeff Bezos
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-10-26
  4. Six Months of Cash
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-09-25
  5. Peter Thiel on Mapping A Life
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-08-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. 6cxs2hd6 · 2013-08-06
    Profit is for suckers. They focus on free cash flow. Edit: Link: http://daslee.me/reading-jeff-bezos

    Comment linking /reading-jeff-bezos

    on “Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos”
  2. sinak · 2013-10-13

    Submitted Things I Think I Think on Bitcoin as a story · 92 points

    HN discussion
  3. notbitter · 2012-10-18
    This one is really stretching the definition of an acquihire. It may be that the $2-$5M is unvested stock for the team itself. See points 3-6 here: http://daslee.me/quick-thoughts-on-acquihiressoft-landings

    Comment linking /quick-thoughts-on-acquihiressoft-landings

    on “Color acqhired for $2-5M”
  4. olivercameron · 2012-08-18

    Submitted Thoughts on Acqui-hires & Soft Landings as a story · 68 points

    HN discussion
  5. codinghorror · 2014-04-16
    Shockingly bad advice, eh? http://daslee.me/productivity-by-ron-conway "I finally settled on a system. I asked Ron [Conway] what he does. It’s pretty simple. In the morning, he sets three things to do for the day. If he does all three, then it’s a good day. If he doesn’t, then it’s a bad day."

    Comment linking /productivity-by-ron-conway

    on “Three Things”
  6. relation · 2012-10-15

    Submitted Starting vs. Building a Company as a story · 35 points

    HN discussion
  7. eladgil · 2012-09-26Recommends
    David Lee had a good recent post on this: http://daslee.me/6-months

    Comment linking /6-months

    on “Fundraising Will Take You 3 Months”
  8. daslee1969 · 2013-01-25

    Submitted Updating your Investors as a story · 31 points

    HN discussion
  9. nikunjk · 2012-09-18

    Submitted Why I Never Started My Own Company as a story · 16 points

    HN discussion
  10. daslee1969 · 2013-03-21

    Submitted Cheap Data as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  11. daslee1969 · 2012-11-13

    Submitted Jobs-To-Be-Done as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  12. kirillzubovsky · 2014-01-13

    Submitted Productivity, by Ron Conway as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  13. kirillzubovsky · 2013-06-24

    Submitted Things I’ve Learned - 6 Years of investing in startups as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  14. daslee1969 · 2012-12-22

    Submitted Another Financing Risk as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  15. dcurtis · 2013-04-03

    Submitted Welcome Back, Coach as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  16. busterc · 2013-08-28

    Submitted Peter Thiel on Mapping A Life as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  17. daslee · 2013-04-25

    Submitted Our Next Megatrend as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  18. kirillzubovsky · 2012-11-09

    Submitted Pride Before The Fall as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  19. nikunjk · 2012-09-25

    Submitted Six Months of Cash as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  20. michaelrkn · 2013-03-28

    Submitted Listening as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  21. sachitgupta · 2013-02-27

    Submitted What is the business model of SV Angel? as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  22. dcurtis · 2012-04-26

    Submitted What We Look For (David Lee of SV Angel) as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  23. daslee · 2013-06-24

    Submitted Things I've Learned In 6 Years of Investing as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  24. kirillzubovsky · 2012-12-20

    Submitted Demanding a Plan and Google Trends as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  25. g-garron · 2012-12-10

    Submitted Case of Business of putting customer first as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  26. daslee · 2015-03-26

    Submitted Fundraising – A Fortune Cookie Message as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  27. _pius · 2013-09-27

    Submitted Pitching SV Angel: The Executive Summary as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  28. shawndumas · 2013-06-20

    Submitted James Gandolfini and Napster - The Originals as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  29. blazamos · 2013-03-12

    Submitted Jeff Bezos and Operating Leverage as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  30. daslee1969 · 2012-10-26

    Submitted Reading Jeff Bezos as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion

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