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Harrison Metal
Personal blog · harrisonmetal.comstartupsbusiness
Harrison Metal's personal blog at harrisonmetal.com covers startups and business. Since 2012, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “The 5 Cognitive Distortions of Founders”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Harrison Metal as a resource on the psychology of founders and on moving from developer to management, and as an alternative to an MBA. It also hosts a library and pricing videos.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Harrison Metal
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-07-20
- The 5 Cognitive Distortions of Founders2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-07-15
- The NSA and the Corrosion of Silicon Valley2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-12-31
What Hacker News says?
Take a look at https://www.harrisonmetal.com/ - even if you're not in the bay area. I had a chance to sit in on a dinner of General Management students from a ~dozen companies. The vast majority were going from individual contributor to management roles.
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Going from Developer to Manager. What should I know or learn?”Submitted The NSA and the Corrosion of Silicon Valley as a story · 5 points
HN discussionsee https://www.harrisonmetal.com/library/the-cognitive-distorti...
Comment linking /library/the-cognitive-distortions-of-founders
on “Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done (2012) [pdf]”Submitted The 5 Cognitive Distortions of Founders as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSee https://www.harrisonmetal.com/library/the-cognitive-distorti...
Comment linking /library/the-cognitive-distortions-of-founders
on “Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done (2012) [pdf]”Submitted The NSA and the Corrosion of Silicon Valley as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThinking about an MBA? - check out this guy instead https://www.harrisonmetal.com/ Full disclosure - my company worked on his site.
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on “Why you probably don't need an MBA”Submitted Cognitive distortions of Founders as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMy two favorite go to's on the psychology of founders: https://www.harrisonmetal.com/ && http://blakemasters.com/post/24578683805/peter-thiels-cs183-...
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on “Entrepreneurs don’t have a gene for risk–they come from families with money”Submitted Pricing is a sacred act of capitalism as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere are also a few quick videos on the Harrison Metal site itself: http://www.harrisonmetal.com/pricing_1/
Comment linking /pricing_1/
on “Managing Pricing”Submitted Three Ideas on Pricing as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWould any start-up founder refuse investment from Ron Conway because of his personal beliefs? Ultimately, do you care about the source of funds? For those who are more discerning, can you recommend any investors? How many Michael Dearings are there? http://www.harrisonmetal.com/nsa-corrosion-of-silicon-valley...
Comment linking /nsa-corrosion-of-silicon-valley/
on “Ed Lee scolds Ron Conway for supporting CIA torture”