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Who Has Time For This?
Personal blog · whohastimeforthis.blogspot.comstartupsscienceculture
Who Has Time For This? is a personal blog at whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com about startups, science and culture. Since 2007, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “How To NOT Write A Business Plan”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
David Cowan's blog, linked for venture capital and startup writing: business plan formatting, pitch clarity, and an anti-portfolio of Bessemer Venture Partners. Commenters also link it in discussions of Gladwell and Reddit.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog about science, superstition, startups, security and singing.
Most-linked posts?
- How To NOT Write A Business Plan3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2007-03-19
- Heracles' Marathon to Olympus – From Boston to Athens with an Expired Passport2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-10-01
- Practicing the Art of Pitchcraft2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-06-21
What Hacker News says?
Why on Earth would he go touch marijuana legalization with a 10-foot pole? Well, if its good enough for TED, why not Reddit? http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com/2012/03/best-of-ted-20... Hands down, the best [TED] talk this year was from Bryan Stevenson on injustice in the US criminal legal system. For example, the number of prisoners in the last 40 years has grown from 300,000 to 2.3 million (primarily, I believe…
Comment linking /2012/03/best-of-ted-2012.html
on “How Reddit Got Obama”Submitted How To NOT Write A Business Plan as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSlide illustrates "Stick to the point and say it in a single sentence. I know it sounds a little crazy, but indeed I’ve come to agree that a clear, compelling elevator pitch is essential to growing a business. (And I’ve paid dearly for the evidence.)" http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com/2006/01/practicing-art...
Comment linking /2006/01/practicing-art-of-pitchcraft.html
on “Google Buys Slide for $182 Million, Getting More Serious about Social Games”Submitted Venture capitalists don't have a clue how consumers will behave. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionDavid Cowan, Bessemer Venture Partners, writes infreqently at http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com/ , but it's always a good read and in a voice consistent with Bessemer maintaining an anti-portfolio.
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on “Anti-Portfolio of Bessemer Venture Partners”Submitted How not to write a business plan as a story · 4 points
HN discussionFor business plan formatting, I always suggest this article by David Cowan: http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-not-write-business-plan.html
Comment linking /2005/11/how-to-not-write-business-plan.html
on “What Sequoia Looks For”Submitted Heracles' Marathon to Olympus – From Boston to Athens with an Expired Passport as a story · 3 points
HN discussionDavid Cowan captures it better here http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com/2009/11/gladwells-igon...
Comment linking /2009/11/gladwells-igon-value-problem.html
on “Why Malcolm Gladwell is Wrong”Submitted Practicing the Art of Pitchcraft as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blink: The Nonsense of “Thinking Without Thinking” as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Recap of TED 2013 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Who Has Time For This?: TED 2009 Wednesday: "Reboot" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted An amazing story of perserverance from David Cowan at Bessemer as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flock back from the dead? as a story · 1 points
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