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Sam Seely
Personal blog · samseely.com/blogbusinessstartups
Sam Seely's personal blog at samseely.com covers business and startups. Since 2016, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “The Amazon Flywheel (2016)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Sam Seely's posts on Amazon's business model, such as the 'flywheel' strategy and its supply chain. The comments cite them as background in discussions of Amazon and e-commerce competition.
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.
The internet blog of Sam Seely. Thoughts on tech, startups, books, music, and everything else.
Most-linked posts?
- The Amazon Flywheel (2016)4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2016-05-10
- The Amazon Flywheel: Part 2, Amazon and the Global Supply Chain2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-12-31
What Hacker News says?
Amazon is also keen on the "flywheel" terminology: http://www.samseely.com/blog/2016/5/2/the-amazon-flywheel-pa...
Comment linking /blog/2016/5/2/the-amazon-flywheel-part-1
on “How Mapbox Is Winning Over Developers to Challenge Google's Mapping Dominance”Submitted The Amazon Flywheel (2016) as a story · 35 points
HN discussionAmazon leads the market for many reasons among those price, selection [1], reviews, and then with more recent shifts faster shipping. The goal isn't to beat Amazon the marketplace. The goal is to bring the Prime experience to other marketplaces. I don't believe it's a zero sum game. Amazon is a lot more comfortable than they were 10 years ago, and you can already see that as a result in higher prices [1][2] and lowe…
Comment linking /blog/2016/5/2/the-amazon-flywheel-part-1
on “Deliverr raises $7M to help e-commerce businesses compete with Amazon Prime”Submitted The Amazon Flywheel as a story · 2 points
HN discussionPart 2 of the post: http://www.samseely.com/blog/amznsupplychain
Comment linking /blog/amznsupplychain
on “The Amazon Flywheel (2016)”Submitted The Amazon Flywheel: Part 2, Amazon and the Global Supply Chain as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Amazon Flywheel (2016) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts on Bookmarks as a story · 1 points
HN discussion