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Martin Varsavsky

Personal blog · english.martinvarsavsky.netstartupsbusiness

Martin Varsavsky's personal blog at english.martinvarsavsky.net covers startups and business. Since 2009, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 44 times, most often “Google should be a dictatorships and Page should be as dictator as Jobs”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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44mentions?
18HN people?
2009–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Martin Varsavsky's blog as a counterpoint on startup advice, arguing Europe versus Silicon Valley, and for Fon hotspot registration figures. Little of the writing itself is discussed.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Blog of an entrepreneur

Most-linked posts?

  1. Google should be a dictatorships and Page should be as dictator as Jobs
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-01-22
  2. Advice for US entrepreneurs who move to Europe
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-12-26
  3. On managing my time
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-02-27

What Hacker News says?

  1. wslh · 2012-04-27
    Regarding "Flex time" it is nice to also compare with the other extreme "On managing my time" by Martin Varsavsky: http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/new-ideas/on-managing-my-...

    Comment linking /new-ideas/on-managing-my-time.html

    on “Evernote CEO to entrepreneurs: "don't do it"”
  2. pearjuice · 2014-03-09

    Submitted ONO sells for $9.5 billion and nobody cares as a story · 239 points

    HN discussion
  3. lotsofmangos · 2014-06-15
    Here's Fon's figures from 8 years ago - 1 – Spain – 6344 (28 new yesterday) registered users 2 – United States – 6334 (11 new yesterday) registered users 3 – France – 2571 (15 new yesterday) registered users 4 – Germany – 1302 (12 new yesterday) registered users 5 – Italy – 1269 (15 new yesterday) registered users 6 – United Kingdom – 1039 (4 new yesterday) registered users 7 – Netherlands – 760 (2 new yesterday) re…

    Comment linking /fon/fonas-top-30-countries-usaspain.html

    on “Comcast turns 50,000 paying customer homes into public hotspots”
  4. jkaljundi · 2012-12-26

    Submitted Advice for US entrepreneurs who move to Europe as a story · 143 points

    HN discussion
  5. wslh · 2012-12-18
    And Martin Varsavsky, http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/investments , just moved to New York from Spain. So he will add some competition to other investors in NY.

    Comment linking /investments

    on “The start-ups that favour New York over Silicon Valley”
  6. aundumla · 2011-03-11

    Submitted Fon has decided to open our WiFi network in Japan to all for free as a story · 120 points

    HN discussion
  7. prostoalex · 2013-06-28
    Counter-point: http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/entrepreneurship/advice-f... "Another legal obligation that is very common in Europe and unheard of in the USA is state-mandated severance pay packages. This is a direct impediment to start ups, the reason being that most start ups fail and in the USA there is an understanding of this. In the USA employees demand stock options as upside should the start up succeed kn…

    Comment linking /entrepreneurship/advice-for-us-entrepreneurs-who-move-to-europe.html

    on “Skip Silicon Valley: Why Smart Startups Start In Europe”
  8. gmazzotti · 2014-03-09

    Submitted Aviation is stuck in the 60s – a reflection on MH 370 as a story · 96 points

    HN discussion
  9. pelle · 2011-05-19

    Submitted Are you thinking of moving to Silicon Valley? Think again as a story · 17 points

    HN discussion
  10. Anon84 · 2013-06-23

    Submitted Europe? USA? I Can’t Decide as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  11. wslh · 2013-05-23

    Submitted My investment in Tumblr (11/2007) as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  12. sleepingbot · 2011-01-18

    Submitted Students who students think smart vs. students who professors think smart as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  13. wslh · 2020-01-06

    Submitted How to stop rising sea level as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. wslh · 2016-11-20

    Submitted NYC vs. Bay Area vs. Miami, Pros and Cons as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  15. wslh · 2013-02-07

    Submitted Something better to do as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. znq · 2012-11-26

    Submitted Why the USA will get over its crisis and Spain may not as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. wslh · 2012-05-10

    Submitted The Spanish crisis is a crisis of understanding of how wealth is created as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. gmazzotti · 2011-01-31

    Submitted Google should be a dictatorships and Page should be as dictator as Jobs as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. nico · 2009-10-08

    Submitted Building a one and a half billion dollar company in five years, in Spain as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. wslh · 2016-06-16

    Submitted Leo and I find the future as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. durbin · 2014-11-07

    Submitted How one extremely successful entrepreneur manages his time as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. wslh · 2014-08-14

    Submitted Facebook and Twitter, the admiration is not mutual as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. gmazzotti · 2014-03-22

    Submitted Video that I made right after my meeting with Steve Jobs about Fon as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. wslh · 2013-05-27

    Submitted Why I invested in SmartThings as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. wslh · 2012-12-27

    Submitted Where to start a company: Berlin vs London as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. wslh · 2012-12-27

    Submitted An Apology as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. lleims · 2012-07-27

    Submitted I bought Facebook shares, here’s why as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. mariuz · 2012-05-17

    Submitted FON is Dropping Microsoft, Adopting Ubuntu as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. wslh · 2011-01-22

    Submitted What Larry Page should do as the new CEO of Google as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. wslh · 2011-01-18

    Submitted Why Chinese mothers are not superior (The Jewish sequel) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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