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Jared Brown

Personal blog · jaredbrown.mestartupsbusiness

Jared Brown writes Tumblr, a personal blog at jaredbrown.me about startups and business. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Freemium is a Money Burning Business Model, Cheapium is Better”. The last post was in 2012, but the archive is still widely read.

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16mentions?
4HN people?
2011–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2011

My name is Jared Brown. I created Talentopoly.com. Posts will be short, frequent & insightful. They are geared towards anybody passionate about developing for the web and starting web-based...

Most-linked posts?

  1. Freemium is a Money Burning Business Model, Cheapium is Better
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-06-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. timf · 2011-06-10

    Submitted Freemium is a Money Burning Business Model, Cheapium is Better as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  2. jaredbrown · 2011-04-29

    Submitted Getting to 1000 Users is the Easy Part, Keeping Them is the Hard Part as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  3. jaredbrown · 2011-08-29

    Submitted RTFM: Dispelling a Myth About Steve Jobs’ Resignation as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  4. jaredbrown · 2011-03-12

    Submitted Lean Startups Rule as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. jaredbrown · 2011-05-06

    Submitted Don’t Be Afraid to Try Something Old for Your Next Project and Innovate as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. jaredbrown · 2011-04-16

    Submitted Startup Step 1: Answering “What is it?” as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. joeyespo · 2015-07-03

    Submitted Freemium Is a Money Burning Business Model, Cheapium Is Better as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. jtbigwoo · 2012-01-19

    Submitted Cheapium instead of Freemium as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. jaredbrown · 2012-01-09

    Submitted Proving the Theorem - Designers need to be part of the development process as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. jaredbrown · 2011-06-01

    Submitted Freemium is a Money Burning Business Model, Cheapium is Better as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. jaredbrown · 2012-05-16

    Submitted Why Being Anything But Bullish on Facebook is Insanely Stupid as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. jaredbrown · 2012-02-05

    Submitted Let your users write your help docs as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. jaredbrown · 2011-12-30

    Submitted Learning about customer relationships by grouping iPhone apps as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. jaredbrown · 2011-08-05

    Submitted Show HN: I got tired of writing so I made a comic for my blog as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. jaredbrown · 2011-03-19

    Submitted Sweat the Small Stuff: Detail Orientated Design as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. jaredbrown · 2011-03-04

    Submitted The Fun, Passionate, & Useful Scale as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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