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Unusual
Company blog · unusual.vc/poststartupsbusiness
Unusual is the company blog at unusual.vc, writing about startups and business. Since 2018, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Unusual Ventures: Founder Field Guide”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Unusual Ventures' field guide for B2B sales-force building and go-to-market metrics. The other linked material is about its Startup School advisor track and academy program.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- Unusual Ventures: Founder Field Guide3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-04-22
What Hacker News says?
Applied for the program and got acceptance -> shared with team -> rejection -> shared with team. And it didn't really bother me much. Can understand that getting into the program can be a great thing. But these things are expected. With strong conviction on the idea small hickups doesn't seem to have any impact. BTW, for those applied to this program should consider applyin g for https://unusual.vc/academy/ . They i…
Comment linking /academy/
on “Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In”Submitted DevTools for Large Language Models as a story · 5 points
HN discussionhttps://www.unusual.vc/field-guide Full disclosure: I work for AppDynamics and this is our founder's VC field sales guide. It perfectly articulates on a high level, how to build a sales force and the metrics / GTM for B2B selling. Another thing to keep in mind is your product and target audience. This will help you figure out your Pipeline Generation. Feel free to PM me, I have been in B2B software sales (I was also…
Comment linking /field-guide
on “Ask HN: How to Sell Software?”Submitted Unusual Ventures: Founder Field Guide as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIt’s generally common practice. You can get away with 5% if you’re only hiring a couple of people. The Unusual Ventures field guide covers alot of this: https://www.unusual.vc/field-guide
Comment linking /field-guide
on “Ask HN: How to offer equity to founding team members?”Submitted Four Tips to Demystify Financial Models for Early-Stage Startups as a story · 1 points
HN discussion