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Travis Kalanick

Personal blog · swooshing.wordpress.comstartupsbusiness

Travis Kalanick writes Swooshing, a personal blog at swooshing.wordpress.com about startups and business. Since 2009, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Travis Kalanick on How to Get Angel Funding (2009)”. The last post was in 2010, but the archive is still widely read.

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15mentions?
15HN people?
2009–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

One HN commenter links this Travis Kalanick blog while discussing Couchsurfing, noting he used "couchsurfing" as a post title before launching Uber. The link is only a site search page.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Most-linked posts?

  1. Travis Kalanick on How to Get Angel Funding (2009)
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2015-07-18
  2. Travis Kalanick's Guide to Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz (2009)
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-03-21
  3. Travis Kalanick's ultimate hacking guide to CES (2008)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-01-04

What Hacker News says?

  1. maram · 2020-05-18
    I knew about Couchsurfing because my previous startup was in the rental marketplace. Although, I never tried it..I heard many good things about it. I also noticed Travis Kalanick used it as a title “couchsurfing” in one of his blogs before he launched Uber. https://swooshing.wordpress.com/?s=Jam+pad+&submit=Search

    Comment linking /?s=Jam+pad+&submit=Search

    on “The Death of Couchsurfing?”
  2. tomjacobs · 2015-07-18

    Submitted Travis Kalanick on How to Get Angel Funding (2009) as a story · 28 points

    HN discussion
  3. rmason · 2017-01-05

    Submitted Travis Kalanick's ultimate hacking guide to CES (2008) as a story · 21 points

    HN discussion
  4. paulgerhardt · 2010-07-01

    Submitted Russian Spy’s Connections to Silicon Valley as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  5. krutal · 2013-09-18

    Submitted Travis Kalanick's Guide to Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz (2009) as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. tim_sw · 2017-01-09

    Submitted (2009) Travis Kalanick on Raising Seed Funding as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. NavyDish · 2021-04-18

    Submitted Travis Kalanick on Fundraising (2009) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. vtomole · 2019-06-25

    Submitted Startup Seed Raising Skills as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. tosh · 2019-04-14

    Submitted Swooshing (Travis Kalanick‘s Blog from 2008-2010) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. inmygarage · 2010-03-30

    Submitted The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth, So Help Your Reputation as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. ms7892 · 2025-09-17

    Submitted Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. waqasaday · 2017-01-04

    Submitted Travis Kalanick guide to hacking CES (2008) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. cjbarber · 2015-01-05

    Submitted Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz (Written by Travis Kalanick in 2009) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. sinzone · 2010-03-21

    Submitted Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. ajv · 2009-07-18

    Submitted Twittergate: Don't Believe The Hate by Travis Kalanick as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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