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Steve Sammartino
Personal blog · startupblog.wordpress.comstartupsbusiness
Steve Sammartino's personal blog at startupblog.wordpress.com covers startups and business. Since 2007, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 30 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Steve is Australia's most respected futurist and media commentator on emerging technology. He has spoken to over 200,000 people around the world.
What Hacker News says?
Submitted Inventing Demand as a story · 88 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can I help you? Why retail customers always say No as a story · 68 points
HN discussionSubmitted 3D printing is nothing special as a story · 39 points
HN discussionSubmitted Winklevoss syndrome as a story · 39 points
HN discussionSubmitted Something I told every staff member I ever had and you should too as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted The secret truth about what we wear to work as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted The best single lesson Bill Gates gave every startup as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startup founders send Lego space shuttle with camera into the stratosphere as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted The White Collar Underclass as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The deception of history as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Top Dying Industries as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Internet lives in Dog years as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Silicon Valley is a temporary phenomenon as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startups & Pie baking as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Meeting efficiency barometer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Interest Graph as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Short price lesson for Startups as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why entrepreneurs don't need to be tech-heads as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Journey of Coffee as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The end of television? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ignore what the teacher told you, and just make things up as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Guess what will be the most advanced tech device in your house in 2025? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The truth about offshoring development as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Soundbites from the future as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Big Shift – a business manifesto as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Should bosses try and control their firm's social media presence/voice? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Quit your job as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't be like Wikipedia as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Inventing Jargon as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Top 10 reasons your start up will fail as a story · 1 points
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