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Erick Schonfeld
Personal blog · erickschonfeld.combusinessstartups
Erick Schonfeld's personal blog at erickschonfeld.com covers business and startups. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Infographics are broken. We can do better.”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Erick Schonfeld's posts on why infographics fail and on the '3 and 30' venture capital fee model. The comments cite them as background for their own points, without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Thoughts On Tech & Media
Most-linked posts?
- Infographics are broken. We can do better.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-06-29
What Hacker News says?
I did not know paris was so dense! I wish people could input their own cites and of course other type of dynamic data. e.g water consumption. I guess that kind of dynamic infographic is what Erick Schonfeld was talking about. [1] [1] http://erickschonfeld.com/2012/06/28/infographics-broken/
Comment linking /2012/06/28/infographics-broken/
on “If the world’s population lived like... (infographic)”Submitted Infographics are broken. We can do better. as a story · 18 points
HN discussionI thought it was 3 and 30 (which seemed pretty arrogant at the time). Have they backpedaled? https://erickschonfeld.com/2012/08/28/3-and-30/
Comment linking /2012/08/28/3-and-30/
on “Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.5B for New Fund”Submitted Is The NYT Paywall Working? as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Twitter Just Became Every Mobile App’s Best Friend as a story · 1 points
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