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Roy Bahat
Personal blog · also.roybahat.comstartupsbusiness
Roy Bahat's personal blog at also.roybahat.com covers startups and business. Since 2011, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Introductions and the “forward intro email” (2016)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Roy Bahat's blog for practical posts on startup and VC matters, including job-hunting advice, fees taken on exit, and how to get an email introduction.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Introductions and the “forward intro email” (2016)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-02-21
- Dear first-time angel investor2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-10-31
- The Hot-Swap Startup2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-05-16
- A dumb question to ask an entrepreneur2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-25
What Hacker News says?
I like to think of it more as being intentional, and less as desperate/too forward. You want to know what you're looking for and, just as important, what you're not looking for. In terms of reaching out, here are some things I did when I was job hunting: 1. The classic referral Find the job post and work backwards from there (e.g., is there somebody I know (1st connection) or somebody who knows somebody I know (2nd…
Comment linking /introductions-and-the-forward-intro-email-14e2827716a1
on “Looking for a Job Is Tough”Submitted Why I'm learning to code - Roy Bahat, President at IGN Entertainment as a story · 184 points
HN discussionMaybe "name and shame" is a lousy way to describe it. But, I think it makes sense to talk about the offer more openly with people in the same startup community. As a successful startup, there will be future rounds of funding. Any follow-on investor will eventually find out about problems on a cap table. They will probably fight to reverse it before an investment, or worse - it will sink the deal and the company. If…
Comment linking /dear-first-time-angel-investor-c6af249a694b
on “Ask HN: Is it normal for VC to take a fee on exit?”Submitted Could Coding Become the Next Mass Profession? as a story · 79 points
HN discussionHere are some other great posts about this: http://also.roybahat.com/post/92544681186/introductions-and-... https://alexiskold.net/2015/06/24/how-to-write-a-forwardable... http://avc.com/2009/11/the-double-optin-introduction/
Comment linking /post/92544681186/introductions-and-the-forward-intro-email
on “How to Get an Email Intro”Submitted Also, the billion-dollar, one-person startup as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bloomberg Beta Operating Manual as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introductions and the "Forward Intro Email" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Giving Money Away Can Be Harder Than Making It as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Forward Intro Emails as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Hot-Swap Startup as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Looking for (more of) a new kind of startup as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introductions and the “forward intro email” (2016) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Early startup pitches are like movie pitches, not business pitches as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted In business, let’s stop using the language of war as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Give Away Your AI Money as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dear first-time angel investor as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Interviewing candidates before you check references? You’re doing it wrong as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Professional Network To Talk About News as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A dumb question to ask an entrepreneur as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A dumb question to ask an entrepreneur as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Learning to Code: Are Humans Required? as a story · 1 points
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