Top all-time · #15261
Rajesh Jain
Personal blog · emergic.orgstartupsbusiness
Rajesh Jain writes Emergic, a personal blog at emergic.org about startups and business. Since 2007, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link the author's 2009 posts on the Vodafone data-cap dispute in India and discuss startup competition in a MySpace thread. No comment judges the writing itself.
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.
Rajesh Jain writings from 1997-2012
What Hacker News says?
This thing is very common in India. Check out http://emergic.org/2009/02/17/we-versus-vodafone/ http://emergic.org/2009/02/18/we-versus-vodafone-day-2/ http://emergic.org/2009/02/18/we-versus-vodafone-day-2/
Comment linking /2009/02/18/we-versus-vodafone-day-2/
on “"Very bold or very dumb": data caps don't apply to ISP's own movie service”Submitted I Wish I Knew Then as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere is a butterfly effect, yes there is a limit on how much you can control your own destiny in a startup. But it's not an insurmountable obstactle. It means you can't just copy myspace exactly, improve it in a few minor ways, and expect to win over all their users. In terms of competition, you may not realize what your competitor is doing that is stealing all your customers. From what I remember, the main competi…
Comment linking /collections/tech_talk_the_myspace_story.html
on “The hidden lives of MySpacers - Why opinions from anybody but users rarely matter.”Submitted VC's and Me as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted News and Content in a Digital World as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ad:tech Takeaways as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted India's Tourism Opportunity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mobile Industry Valuations in India as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rajesh Jain on Turning 40 as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
