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smoothspan.wordpress.com is a personal blog at smoothspan.wordpress.com about business and startups. Since 2007, 33 different Hacker News readers have linked it 44 times, most often “How To Fix Venture Capital, Part 2: The Opening is As Important as the Endgame”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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44mentions?
33HN people?
2007–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 13 in 2008

Most-linked posts?

  1. How To Fix Venture Capital, Part 2: The Opening is As Important as the Endgame
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2008-04-15

What Hacker News says?

  1. BobWarfield · 2013-01-07
    Aside from the bit about loneliness, which I regard as his personal problem, this is the lifestyle I aim for. I don't want to be on the road constantly, but my life and I love travel. I'm early on the path (see: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/a-solo-bootstrapp... ), but it's totally doable. With a laptop and an Internet connection, I've run my business from an Alaskan Cruise Ship Cabin, a Cozumel Mexico…

    Comment linking /2013/01/06/a-solo-bootstrapping-odyssey-2012-was-the-year-i-quit-my-day-job/

    on “No office, no boss, no boundaries – rise of the nomadic rich”
  2. timf · 2011-07-23

    Submitted NoSQL is a Premature Optimization as a story · 71 points

    HN discussion
  3. BobWarfield · 2008-04-15
    The problems are as much in the beginning as the endgame. I agree that Umair has it wrong. And I like spreading the net wider. But, all deals are not cheaper. Google spent a fortune on early R&D, and the world has moved away from that model, hence reducing the likelihood of building something hard with real barriers to entry. More on my blog: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/how-to-fix-ventur...

    Comment linking /2008/04/15/how-to-fix-venture-capital-part-2-the-opening-is-as-important-as-the-endgame/

    on “Why There Aren't More Googles”
  4. atularora · 2011-01-10

    Submitted Silly Rabbits: Google is for Spam not for Search as a story · 45 points

    HN discussion
  5. BobWarfield · 2013-01-06
    Start with an audience, not an idea: Agree! In fact, start with a Content-Audience Fit if you really want to get somewhere: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/the-very-first-th...

    Comment linking /2012/12/10/the-very-first-thing-a-founding-team-needs-to-do-achieve-content-audience-fit/

    on “Why Ideas are a Bad Place to Start a Startup”
  6. profitbaron · 2011-04-14

    Submitted Twitter’s Biggest Problem: Tweets are Ads as a story · 33 points

    HN discussion
  7. BobWarfield · 2013-01-07
    Oh golly, a PermaBear blog. That's going to be upbeat now isn't it? The trouble with Eeyore's and Chicken Little's is they are always right. That is they become right if you wait long enough and then they are only right for a short time. That brief window is when they perk up all happy and smiling and point out, "Hey, you should've listened, I was right." Never mind the opportunity cost of waiting for the right timi…

    Comment linking /2012/09/13/you-cant-do-crp-with-a-750k-seed-round-in-enterprise-saas-so-dont-even-try/

    on “The Fading Of Silicon Valley Innovation”
  8. pathik · 2011-03-25

    Submitted The Art of Riding the Bubble as a story · 27 points

    HN discussion
  9. BobWarfield · 2013-01-11
    CNCCookbook is my solo startup: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/a-solo-bootstrapp...

    Comment linking /2013/01/06/a-solo-bootstrapping-odyssey-2012-was-the-year-i-quit-my-day-job/

    on “Ask HN: Solo startups? What have you built all on your own?”
  10. pchristensen · 2008-06-11

    Submitted Flash on iPhone would be a huge revenue leak as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  11. BobWarfield · 2013-01-06
    This sort of thing is what led to my bootstrapping a company instead of staying with the VC Startup Scene: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/a-solo-bootstrapp...

    Comment linking /2013/01/06/a-solo-bootstrapping-odyssey-2012-was-the-year-i-quit-my-day-job/

    on “A startup tale from the crypt”
  12. iamelgringo · 2008-01-01

    Submitted Amazon Raises the Cloud Platform Bar Again With DevPay as a story · 13 points

    HN discussion
  13. bayareaguy · 2008-01-01
    Now we have AWS DevPay too! http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/amazon-raises-the... This looks like it could be exactly what I need. Keep up the good work Amazon.

    Comment linking /2008/01/01/amazon-raises-the-cloud-platform-bar-again-with-devpay

    on “2008 Web Predictions”
  14. bensummers · 2010-05-17

    Submitted Amazon Stealing the Cloud as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  15. tonystubblebine · 2008-04-16
    I liked his link about the tech IPO market being dead because of the types of businesses being built not because of lack of interest from the market. Here's the link he was talking about: http://smoothspan.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/how-to-fix-ventur... Does anyone know of any companies that they thought should have been able to IPO but couldn't?

    Comment linking /2008/04/15/how-to-fix-venture-capital-part-2-the-opening-is-as-important-as-the-endgame/

    on “Why there aren't more Googles, redux. (Umair Haque), an alternative perspective to PG”
  16. crcarlson · 2012-02-29

    Submitted For Startups, Joel Spolsky’s Management Model is Mostly Wrong as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  17. BobWarfield · 2013-01-07
    You can live off a laptop, but that's not what mobile first is about. The desktop is not at all dead if the alternative is only reaching pad and smartphone users. Not even close to mortally wounded for business or home. My kid's school switched them to iPads and they immediately identified the problem--they hate typing on the things. My son takes paper notes. They're fine for consuming, but that's it. Then there is…

    Comment linking /2012/10/15/mobile-first-for-saas-desktop-pcs-dead-nope/

    on “Do you think the desktop is dead?”
  18. ks · 2009-07-04

    Submitted Bad User Experience Is Cultural as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  19. jamesjyu · 2012-12-10

    Submitted Achieve Content-Audience Fit as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  20. bjonathan · 2010-05-26

    Submitted Time Commoditizes Every Advantage as a story · 4 points

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  21. drm237 · 2008-04-15

    Submitted How To Fix Venture Capital, Part 2: The Opening is As Important as the Endgame as a story · 4 points

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  22. jamongkad · 2007-09-05

    Submitted Business Web 2.0 Demands a Different Trust Fabric Than Social Web 2.0 as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  23. saturdaysaint · 2011-02-13

    Submitted Scoble Discovers Developers are Schizo About New Platforms as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  24. pchristensen · 2008-04-30

    Submitted Startups Buying Startups… as a story · 3 points

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  25. jtrtoo · 2016-09-19

    Submitted What Can a Poor Dumb Engineer Do That Most Marketers Can’t? – SmoothSpan Blog as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. EwanToo · 2016-01-30

    Submitted There's something terribly wrong with mailchimp as a story · 2 points

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  27. BobWarfield · 2013-01-06

    Submitted A Solo Bootstrapping Odyssey as a story · 2 points

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  28. Ainab · 2011-04-24

    Submitted People Using Amazon Cloud: Get Some Cheap Insurance At Least as a story · 2 points

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  29. bjhess · 2011-01-26

    Submitted Skeptical About Amazon’s Bulk E-Mail Service as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. bensummers · 2010-09-10

    Submitted Google Instant Search = Instant Echo Chamber as a story · 2 points

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