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Elias Bizannes

Personal blog · eliasbizannes.com/blog · on HN as eliasstartupsbusinesswriting

Elias Bizannes's personal blog at eliasbizannes.com covers startups, business and writing. Since 2009, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “How to become a “full time” foreign entrepreneur in the US”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-12, and you can follow it by feed.

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8mentions?
7HN people?
2009–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2012

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

Why HN links it

Linked in an immigration AMA as useful resources on the E-3 visa for Australians and how a company board can hire, and fire, the visa holder.

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.

Elias Bizannes - builder, operator, and founder.

The author on HN?

elias · 101 karma · member since 2009

http://eliasbizannes.com

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Most-linked posts?

  1. How to become a “full time” foreign entrepreneur in the US
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-31

What Hacker News says?

  1. sratner · 2016-06-25Recommends
    You may find these resources useful: http://eliasbizannes.com/blog/2012/07/how-to-become-a-full-t... https://geoffmcqueen.com/2011/09/28/e-3-visa-for-australians... Essentially, you elect a board that hires (and, importantly, can fire) you.

    Comment linking /blog/2012/07/how-to-become-a-full-time-entrepreneur-in-the-us/

    on “I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA”
  2. Submitted What the startup visa should really look like as a story · 39 points

    HN discussion
  3. What! That's sad. You're a victim of what I call "Everest Syndrome": http://eliasbizannes.com/blog/2011/08/everest-syndrome-is-th... Startups in my portfolio at CRV (we're the guys that funded Twitter, Yammer, Millennial Media...) have plenty of cash and I think you'll make more money working in a startup and enjoy life more. There is no risk, because if the startup fails, you move to the next one. Silicon Valley is…

    Comment linking /blog/2011/08/everest-syndrome-is-the-biggest-crime-in-our-society/

    on “Ask PG: What has changed since you wrote Hackers and Painters in 2004?”
  4. Submitted Why blogs are turning into newspapers and Quora is the future of journalism as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Why the seed investment bubble is exactly that as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Google Wave will take a generation as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted How to become a “full time” foreign entrepreneur in the US as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted The backstory on Silicon Beach and an Aussie Entourage as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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