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Rolf Nelson

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Rolf Nelson writes The Rational Entrepreneur, a personal blog at rolfnelson.com about startups and science. Since 2009, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. The last post was in 2010, but the archive is still widely read.

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Cognitive biases and Silicon Valley startups

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted How to Follow Through: The Emerging Science of Self-Control as a story · 108 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted Having Co-founders Is Valuable But Not Crucial as a story · 72 points

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  3. Submitted Failed founders don't learn much (show some studies) as a story · 36 points

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  4. Submitted Your Work Habits and the Happiness Treadmill as a story · 25 points

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  5. Submitted The Rational Entrepreneur: Cognitive biases and Silicon Valley startups as a story · 5 points

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  6. Submitted Introducing the 70-hour Work Week as a story · 4 points

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  7. Submitted A Quick Guide to Mental Fatigue as a story · 4 points

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  8. Submitted You Will Eat That Oreo: The Empathy Gap and Restraint Bias as a story · 2 points

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  9. Submitted Four Reasons to Keep Your Founding Team Small (and Two Reasons Not To) as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted Studies: Experienced VCs Add Significant Value as a story · 1 points

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  11. Submitted Intelligence, Education, and Startup Success as a story · 1 points

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  12. Submitted Request for Feedback: scaling up to a larger founder team as a story · 1 points

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  13. Submitted Pay More Attention to the Statistics as a story · 1 points

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