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Kevin Dewalt

Personal blog · kevindewalt.com · on HN as kevindewaltstartupsbusiness

Kevin Dewalt's personal blog at kevindewalt.com covers startups and business. Since 2009, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Why Lean Startups are Hard”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

22mentions?
18HN people?
2009–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2013

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked for posts on using meditation against information overload, why lean startups are hard, and customer development advice. Commenters describe his explanations and advice favourably.

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.

The author on HN?

kevindewalt · 12 karma · member since 2009

Startup hacker & founder (4x), investor(~20 deals), and advisor (a lot). Blog at http://kevindewalt.com

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Why Lean Startups are Hard
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-08-05
  2. How $375 and Craigslist Saved Me Months of Customer Development
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-02-03

What Hacker News says?

  1. Meditation can be a powerful tool for dealing with information overload and reduce stress. Even just spending a few minutes to consciously be still and clear your mind can help. Kevin Dewalt explains it better than I can. http://kevindewalt.com/2013/07/28/8-ways-meditation-makes-yo...

    Comment linking /2013/07/28/8-ways-meditation-makes-you-a-better-entrepreneur/

    on “Ask HN: How can I remedy scatter brain and information overload?”
  2. Submitted How Experienced Developers Can Handicap a Lean Startup as a story · 76 points

    HN discussion
  3. Relevant post: "Why Lean Startups are Hard Part"[1] [1] http://kevindewalt.com/blog/2011/08/05/why-lean-startups-are...

    Comment linking /blog/2011/08/05/why-lean-startups-are-hard/

    on “Pivoting is really hard.”
  4. Submitted Best Programming Language for Startups as a story · 25 points

    HN discussion
  5. mgav · 2017-02-02Recommends
    Justin Wilcox hits the ball out of the park on actually doing the interviews: http://customerdevlabs.com/2013/11/05/how-i-interview-custom... Kevin Dewalt has some great advice too: http://kevindewalt.com/2013/01/28/how-375-and-craigslist-sav...

    Comment linking /2013/01/28/how-375-and-craigslist-saved-me-months-of-customer-development/

    on “Ask HN: How do you do Customer Development?”
  6. Submitted Traction: A book for every founder's library as a story · 15 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Why Lean Startups are Hard as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Mitigating Market Risk with Microsoft Visio as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted How to Hack a Rails MVP & Test Primary Business Risks as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Profile of a Lean Startup Entrepreneur as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted ManyWheels: A Lean Startup Case Study on Vetting Opportunities as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Why it takes 5 years to become an entrepreneur as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted Your Most Important Startup Decision Comes from the Heart as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted How the Lean Startup Movement is Reviving DC Entrepreneurship as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Good Karma is better than a Sand Hill Road rolodex as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Don’t Let the Lean Startup Process Ruin the Fun of Entrepreneurship as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted How $375 and Craigslist Saved Me Months of Customer Development as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted Should entrepreneurs discuss politics on social media? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted The Best Way to Learn How to Build Your MVP as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted How I used Interviews to Accelerate Customer Development as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Why Lean Startups are Hard as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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