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Rafael Corrales
Personal blog · blog.rafaelcorrales.comstartupsbusiness
Rafael Corrales's personal blog at blog.rafaelcorrales.com covers startups and business. Since 2010, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 94 times, most often “Mass syndication is "A Party Round"”. The last post was in 2011, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in an HN thread about Rapportive's funding round, the blog covers startup financing and Rapportive's YC-era fundraising. The one comment only explains fundraising jargon and does not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Mass syndication is "A Party Round"2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-05-18
- Zero Zero2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-05-02
What Hacker News says?
I was confused about some of the jargon in Paul Graham's "The future is no fixed amount, no fixed closing date, and no lead" quote so I looked them up best I could: no lead - A lead investor is basically someone who commits, and says "we're in" at the start of the round. They commit organizational and negotiating resources. They also typically take a board seat. See http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2007/10/the-lead-invest.ht…
Comment linking /2010/05/mass-syndication-is-party-round.html
on “Rapportive (YC S10) Raises Over $1 Million From Gmail Creator & Others”Submitted Zero Zero as a story · 148 points
HN discussionThis applies directly to startups: http://blog.rafaelcorrales.com/2010/10/entrepreneurs-keynesi...
Comment linking /2010/10/entrepreneurs-keynesian-beauty-contest.html
on “Keynesian beauty contest”Submitted Why you should read academic papers as a story · 110 points
HN discussionYou could see this coming at least 6 months ago: http://blog.rafaelcorrales.com/2010/10/markets-upcoming-reac...
Comment linking /2010/10/markets-upcoming-reaction-to-talent.html
on “Investor Concern Grows Over Founders Cashing Out Too Much, Too Early”Submitted Presentation Hacks: It's a performance as a story · 32 points
HN discussionSubmitted An AirBnB for travel as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted Presentation Hacks: Timing, timing, timing as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Presentation Hacks: Remove Crutches as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Google+ Could Learn From Coca-Cola as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted Killer instinct: the key to startup success as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Raising Money: Schedule Meetings in Batches as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted Presentation Hacks: Add some spice as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Customers, Product, and then VC as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on distributed teams (and advisors) as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Raising Money: Control Your Introductions as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Raising Money: Do homework on VC's and Angels as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lesson from HN: Self-regulating communities as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Presentation Hacks: Additional Tips as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wisdom from Calvin & Hobbes as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Raising Money: Find Credible Sponsors as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kill 'em with kindness as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Presentation Hacks: Less Words, More Power as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startup Hacks: Board of Advisors as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startup Hacks: Build your idea notebook as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Enlisting Twitter support as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted List of Companies Started By MBA's as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Going Too Fast as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Market's Upcoming Reaction to Talent Acquisitions as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why You Need To Get Rid Of Face Time as a story · 4 points
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