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Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by unreal37 »

pg wrote: post #2

Keith's comment surprised me. I found at least one counterexample among companies we've funded: Jason Freedman of 42Floors. But there are certainly not many.

What about you, pg? Arguably you are the co-founder of a successful company which takes up most of your time, and you blog.

I'm not sure what's the point of this statement. Few successful CEO's blog. Few politicians blog. Few celebrities blog. Few people blog. So what?

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by asanwal »

pg wrote: post #2

Keith's comment surprised me. I found at least one counterexample among companies we've funded: Jason Freedman of 42Floors. But there are certainly not many.

I really enjoy Jason Freedman's posts, but I suspect 42Floors and many of the examples given in this comment thread don't meet Keith Rabois' criteria which he mentions in the Twitter exchange.

"change the world, or $1 Billion exit or 10x for series A, B investors and 5x for later."

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by enra »

monkeyspaw wrote: post #8

Coding Horror? The whole exchange seems to be @rabois saying "no, that's not a startup. No, that's not what I meant by CEO. No, he doesn't count." What's his point in making this statement, except to attract attention?

Some people really like writing, or blogging, so they do it anyway, whether is useful or not.

I think the point Keith is making that successful people don't have time to blog, or the blog really doesn't help that much. They prioritize their time to do things that actually matter for their business, rather than being on top of HN or being tweeted 1000 times.

It's not the whole truth. When you have actually "made it", had some successes, you don't need the promotion or visibility that much, but when you're just starting out, basically anything might help.

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by goatsexual »

From the link:

Alex Bangash ‏@AlexBangash -- @rabois @hunterwalk great observations... seems like we are in world of promoters. Those who can't build, tweet and blog.

and

Keith Rabois ‏@rabois -- @hunterwalk @AlexBangash I don't know of a single successful CEO or entrepreneur who blogs regularly.

for ONCE, and I mean for ONCE, I agree with some twitter garbage linked on HN.

And if your reading my comment, that means that the self-aggrandizing "creators" and "entrepreneur" douchebags who have single handedly ruined HN with bullshit like this haven't voted me down yet.

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by philwelch »

unreal37 wrote: post #13
pg wrote: post #2

Keith's comment surprised me. I found at least one counterexample among companies we've funded: Jason Freedman of 42Floors. But there are certainly not many.

What about you, pg? Arguably you are the co-founder of a successful company which takes up most of your time, and you blog. I'm not sure what's the point of this statement. Few successful CEO's blog. Few politicians blog. Few celebrities blog. Few people blog. So what?

pg blogs? Or are you thinking of his essays?

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by amplification »

pg wrote: post #2

Keith's comment surprised me. I found at least one counterexample among companies we've funded: Jason Freedman of 42Floors. But there are certainly not many.

If the challenge is to "think of successful entrepreneurs or CEOs who blog", I can think of a bunch off the top of my head:

Leo W. at Buffer - http://blog.bufferapp.com/author/leo

Ryan Carson at Treehouse - http://ryancarson.com/

Jason Fried & DHH - http://37signals.com/svn

Matt Mullenweg - http://ma.tt/

Patio11 - http://www.kalzumeus.com/

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