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Robbie Allen
Personal blog · robbieallen.comstartupsbusiness
Robbie Allen's personal blog at robbieallen.com covers startups and business. Since 2007, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often “Why I DON'T regret getting straight A's in college”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Robbie Allen's posts on startup failure statistics and on whether top college grades matter. One commenter uses his argument that the 90% business-failure figure is a meaningless average.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- Why I DON'T regret getting straight A's in college2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-12-11
- What is more risky than a startup?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-07-23
- Against the Wrong Odds2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-05-06
What Hacker News says?
The author of the linked article talks about the 90% failure stat in a blog post ( http://robbieallen.com/2007/05/against-the-wrong-odds/ ): > An often cited statistic (presumably from the Small Business Administration) is that 90% of businesses fail within the first 12-18 months. ... Fortunately, the stat is a load of crap. He talks about how the average outcome of widely differing situations isn't useful. The aver…
Comment linking /2007/05/against-the-wrong-odds/
on “Interesting stats on tech startups – only 16% fail?”Submitted Using advisors as your co-founders as a story · 14 points
HN discussionAnd the counterpoint: Thirtysomething: Why I DON’T regret getting straight A’s in college http://robbieallen.com/2007/12/thirtysomething-why-i-dont-re...
Comment linking /2007/12/thirtysomething-why-i-dont-regret-getting-straight-as-in-college/
on “Twentysomething: Why I regret getting straight A’s in college”Submitted Why I DON'T regret getting straight A's in college as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interesting stats on tech startups – only 16% fail? as a story · 13 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple: The App Store is not for discovery as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Against the Wrong Odds as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Alternative to "Work Less" as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is more risky than a startup? as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startups are easy as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Joyent's problems continue as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Create a Club for your Startup as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted It’s official: I’m an entrepreneur as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Single Founder Startup: Using advisors as your co-founders as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startups are easy as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted VC Signaling is an overblown issue for most startups as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Starting a startup is like having a baby as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Does your Startup have a Club? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is more risky than a startup? (2010) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The StatSheet Statsheet as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted VC Signaling is an overblown issue for most startups as a story · 1 points
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