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Swan Notes
Personal blog · andyswan.com/blogbusinessstartups
Swan Notes is a personal blog at andyswan.com about business and startups. Since 2008, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Forget “social media”….you need a SOCIAL CORE”. 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 Andy Swan's Swan Notes for startup and business advice from a serial founder and seed investor. One commenter points to his post arguing that earning revenue first is better.
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?
- Forget “social media”….you need a SOCIAL CORE2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-09-10
What Hacker News says?
Background for other HN'ers: The author Andy Swan is a successful multiple exit entrepreneur and seed investor. From the site: "I've started and sold two companies. I have investments in 7-8 others. I love helping passionate people create wealth. Win." Andy's one of the regulars on AVC, has an extraordinarily sharp business sense, and he's also a connoisseur of Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon: http://andyswan.com/blog/?s=p…
Comment linking /blog/?s=pappy
on “10 Startup Commandments”Submitted “OK, but there are two rules…” as a story · 223 points
HN discussionMaybe this is a good article to read. The author's opinions on why earning revenue first is better. http://andyswan.com/blog/2010/06/03/revenues-first/ Just another point of view =P
Comment linking /blog/2010/06/03/revenues-first/
on “Ask HN: Is Facebook benefiting from a ponzi scheme? a bubble?”Submitted A story of "launch" disaster: fast-food style as a story · 164 points
HN discussionI commented to Allen, the post author, that I think it's very important that he include Andy's stated loan-making strategy before he starts casting doubt on Prosper's, or peer to peer lending in general's, effectiveness: "We focus our lending efforts on people who [...] Have a lower credit score (and are thus willing to pay higher interest rates)"* While Andy does try to mitigate that risk, he's still purposely lend…
Comment linking /2007/06/25/prosper-is-really-cool/
on “Social Lending -- Just How Many Loans Can Go Late Before We Worry?”Submitted 10 Startup Commandments as a story · 66 points
HN discussionSubmitted Selfish generosity, or the value of n+1 as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted Short-Term Apps For Users Vs. Long-Term Businesses For Clients as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rules for pitching to investors as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted 10 Startup Commandments as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Three ways to attract a buyer as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stop being an entrepremartyr as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 7 rules for pitching to investors that almost everyone fubars as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The truth? It’s simpler…and harder than you think. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why you should quit your job for your startup as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Having a core as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Forget “social media”….you need a SOCIAL CORE as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The importance of momentum as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Forget Social Media ... Build Social Core as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Risk is Critical as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The ONE reason to start a business as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Despair vs. Opportunity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Know loss, know win. as a story · 1 points
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