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The Single Founder Blog
Personal blog · singlefounder.comstartupsbusiness
The Single Founder Blog is a personal blog at singlefounder.com about startups and business. Since 2009, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times, most often “The Single Most Important Secret to Success”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this self-funded founder's blog for posts on the single founder myth and micro-ISV businesses. Commenters call it a great resource for solo founders.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Tales of a self-funded entrepreneur
Most-linked posts?
- /the-day-the-microisv-movement-died/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-08-14
- The Single Most Important Secret to Success2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-03-16
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-01-11
- The Single Founder Myth2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-02-23
- The Day the MicroISV Movement Died2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-11-19
What Hacker News says?
Yes, he (the author) also co-hosts an excellent podcast [1] with Mike Taber [2]. I know they're both on HN, but I'm not sure of their usernames. [1] http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com [2] http://www.singlefounder.com
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on “Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy”Submitted The Widescreen Laptop Conspiracy as a story · 70 points
HN discussionSee also: Micro-ISV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_ISV http://www.amazon.com/Micro-ISV-Vision-Reality-Bob-Walsh/dp/... http://ericsink.com/bos/Micro_ISV.html Make sure to read this to get a different take though. http://www.singlefounder.com/the-day-the-microisv-movement-d...
Comment linking /the-day-the-microisv-movement-died/
on “Stop Looking for a Cofounder”Submitted The Single Founder Myth as a story · 42 points
HN discussionMike's blog is at http://www.singlefounder.com/ so the book name must be playing off that. www.entrepreneur.com was probably taken!
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on “The Single Founder Handbook”Submitted The Single Most Important Secret to Success as a story · 40 points
HN discussionYou should visit Micropreneur Academy: http://micropreneur.com and also check out http://softwarebyrob.com and http://singlefounder.com . I belong to the MA, and it's a great resource for solo founders.
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on “Ask HN: Are you a solo creator?”Submitted The Single, Most Important Secret to Success as a story · 22 points
HN discussionHere's a great article about the "single founder myth" that also references pg: http://www.singlefounder.com/2006/10/23/thesinglefoundermyth... I'd say that this has a lot to do with the availability of cloud computing, app stores, and powerful third-party APIs. There are probably thousands of profitable single founders out there.
Comment linking /2006/10/23/thesinglefoundermyth/
on “One Person Profitable (In defense of single founders)”Submitted You Get out of my Industry as a story · 21 points
HN discussionRob Walling is a solo entrepreneur that hires Virtual Assistants, coders, designers etc.. in order to create/manage his own products (i.e. http://hittail.com http://www.dotnetinvoice.com/ and others). You can get more info about how he is doing by reading his blog http://www.softwarebyrob.com or better listening to the podcast http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/ he co-host with Mike Tabber (another solo entrepene…
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on “Ask HN: Solo startups? What have you built all on your own?”Submitted Your corporate software career will make you a bad entrepreneur as a story · 9 points
HN discussionFWIW there are 22K google hits on MicroISV and variations - https://www.google.com/search?q="Micro-ISV"|"MicroISV"|"μISV... http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Micro-ISV.html http://www.microisv.com/ (defunct) http://www.singlefounder.com/the-day-the-microisv-movement-d...
Comment linking /the-day-the-microisv-movement-died/
on “Ask HN: Is it practical to start a 1-person Micro ISV these days?”Submitted How to Legally Steal From Your Customers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionless pejorative term than "lifestyle business" Independent business: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_business MicroISV: http://www.singlefounder.com/2009/11/17/the-day-the-microisv...
Comment linking /2009/11/17/the-day-the-microisv-movement-died/
on “Ask HN: Non hypergrowth startups”Submitted The Builder and the Salesman as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Losers Have Goals, Winners Have Systems as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Amateurs Study Tactics. Professionals Study Logistics. as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Firefox is the new Internet Explorer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Day the MicroISV Movement Died as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Working in Public is Hard as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to identify the unquestioned assumptions of an entrepreneur as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Arbitrary Choices and Forward Momentum as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Taking on Goliath as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Troubleshoot Your Problems by Going Back to Basics as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons You Could Learn From (Good) Professional Consultants as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Make Developer Certifications That Matter as a story · 1 points
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