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Hiten Shah

Personal blog · hitenism.comstartupsbusiness

Hiten Shah's personal blog at hitenism.com covers startups and business. Since 2011, 29 different Hacker News readers have linked it 33 times, most often “How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.

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33mentions?
29HN people?
2011–2023first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 13 in 2016

This is Hiten's blog. He's an entrepreneur who has started two SaaS companies.

Most-linked posts?

  1. /
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-05-22
  2. How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-11-13
  3. How humans kill companies
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-12-10
  4. How to Build a Brand from Nothing
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-07-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. wastedhours · 2017-05-22
    Not many books to recommend, but there's a whole wealth of content online. I'd start by keeping an eye on Hiten Shah's [0] newsletter, decent curation there for a number of topics. The Buffer's blog here is pretty good, as are the content marketing ones from Drift, Intercom and Groove. Of course, if enough startup/tech people are interested in some more tailored lessons, reach out (email in profile). Been thinking o…

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    on “People Don’t Buy Products, They Buy Better Versions of Themselves (2016)”
  2. jpadilla_ · 2013-01-27

    Submitted How humans kill companies as a story · 30 points

    HN discussion
  3. tqkxzugoaupvwqr · 2019-04-27
    As implied in the article, Hiten Shah from KISSmetrics. https://hitenism.com/

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    on “My Billion Dollar Mistake”
  4. 0xmohit · 2016-11-19

    Submitted How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  5. grantlmiller · 2016-12-06
    A few other solid online resources for SaaS founders (hard to really call these "online communities", though most do have vibrant community events tied to them): http://www.saastr.com https://hitenism.com http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.heavybit.com/library https://www.enterpriseready.io

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    on “The Best Online Communities for SaaS Founders”
  6. hshah · 2011-10-30

    Submitted The Art of Right Now as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  7. grantlmiller · 2016-11-22
    A few great resources for SaaS founders (particularly those targeting enterprise buyers): http://www.saastr.com https://hitenism.com http://www.enterprisesales.nyc http://www.heavybit.com/library https://www.enterpriseready.io

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    on “Ask HN: What sort of SaaS related content do you read?”
  8. smalter · 2016-11-04

    Submitted How Optimizely Shrunk Google’s Market Share by 92% as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. mooreds · 2023-12-23
    Hiten Shah's blog about product: https://hitenism.com/ Arvid Kahl: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/ These are also newsletters.

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    on “Best SaaS Blogs?”
  10. AliCollins · 2015-05-18

    Submitted 731 Slack Users Reveal Why It’s So Addictive as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. charlieirish · 2016-12-28

    Submitted The Best SaaS Articles of 2016 from Around the Web as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. perseusprime11 · 2016-11-13

    Submitted How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. davidedicillo · 2014-10-28

    Submitted The hype cycle and how things become the norm fast as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. turoczy · 2012-01-16

    Submitted You're Mentoring the Wrong Way as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. gscott · 2017-01-21

    Submitted Why Less Isn’t Always More for SaaS Sites as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. smalter · 2016-12-16

    Submitted How Amazon Web Services (AWS) Achieved an $11.5B Run Rate by Working Backwards as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. dangrossman · 2016-07-20

    Submitted Copycat Your Competitors to Take the Market as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. svirelka · 2016-07-11

    Submitted How to Build a Brand from Nothing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. ognevvv · 2016-07-07

    Submitted How to Build a Brand from Nothing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. speg · 2015-04-22

    Submitted Create products that people love by validating your idea first as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. peterkchen · 2014-10-07

    Submitted Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Startups as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. skulquake · 2012-07-18

    Submitted Super Early Mark Zuckerberg Interview as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. frankdenbow · 2011-10-09

    Submitted Who Gets The Last Piece of Bread? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. kirillzubovsky · 2020-11-03

    Submitted Habits to Building Better Products Faster as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  25. gk1 · 2017-11-10

    Submitted How to Focus When You’re Overwhelmed by Marketing Options as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  26. gwintrob · 2016-09-26

    Submitted Expert Pitch Deck Review Service as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. smalter · 2016-04-18

    Submitted A Short History of Unicorns as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. AliCollins · 2016-01-04

    Submitted A new year, a new company as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. rjaldo19 · 2014-10-27

    Submitted 7 lessons learned growing SaaS companies as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. bjansn · 2013-11-19

    Submitted Create products that people love by validating your idea first as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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