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Itamar Novick
Personal blog · itamarnovick.comstartupsbusiness
Itamar Novick writes Insights, not just posts, a personal blog at itamarnovick.com about startups and business. Since 2014, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Startup Anti-Patterns”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a series on startup anti-patterns, such as assuming that if one customer wants a product, many others will follow. Commenters cite it as a description of common startup failure modes.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Itamar Novick\'s blog - covering Social Media, Venture Capital, Consumer Web and Mobile
Most-linked posts?
- Startup Anti-Patterns2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-08-30
What Hacker News says?
Seems to be anti-pattern #4: If you build it, they will come. His description matches yours almost word for word. > The founders automatically assumed that if they had the vision and one customer wanted it, many others would https://www.itamarnovick.com/startup-anti-pattern-4-if-you-b...
Comment linking /startup-anti-pattern-4-if-you-build-it-they-will-come/
on “Startup Anti-Patterns”Submitted Startup Anti-Patterns as a story · 193 points
HN discussionThere was an HN post recently about “startup anti-patterns” [0]. And the broad takeaway was that most failures stem from preventing facts on the ground from reaching you, i.e., the company plows ahead with a strategy that misses or actively ignores countervailing data. [0] https://www.itamarnovick.com/intro-to-startup-anti-pattern-s...
Comment linking /intro-to-startup-anti-pattern-series/
on “Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability”> It's also easy to say that "No one clicks on ads" or "I never click on ads." I would add that the majority of ads in the world are brand advertising -- driving awareness and consideration and not targeting a direct response. If you're planning to watch the Super Bowl today, the Olympics later today, or just about any pro/college sport, it's been largely paid for by ads. Not to mention just about any TV show, news…
Comment linking /why-facebook-would-be-worth-200b-in-just-a-few-years/
on “Why “just use Adblock” should never be a professional answer”