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Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by logn »

philwelch wrote: post #19
unreal37 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Would pg really consider himself a CEO now? Also, if we're considering pg's essays to be different than blogs, then I generally dislike blogs. Essays are way better.

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by pg »

asanwal wrote: post #14
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."

Not yet, but 42Floors is on track to so far.

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by tmallen »

davycro wrote: post #27

Reasons that I did not blog when I ran a company: 1) I'm a poor writer 2) Any insights that I shared would benefit my competitors and would be insignificant for customers 37signals is an outlier because their readers are potential customers

> 37signals is an outlier because their readers are potential customers

Your readers are always potential customers.

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by simonbrown »

amplification wrote: post #20
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/

Tom Preston-Werner - http://tom.preston-werner.com/

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by downandout »

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.

There are exceptions to every rule, but I generally agree with Keith's comment. For most successful entrepreneurs, the cost/benefit analysis just doesn't work out. Potential issues range from helping the competition to simply wasting time that would be better spent on the business. Additionally, entrepreneurs often have boards and shareholders that are scrutinizing everything they say. Unless someone has a burning personal desire to blog, there are just too many issues involved for already successful entrepreneurs to want to bother with it.

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by rl12345 »

philwelch wrote: post #19
unreal37 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Since pg can't always talk directly with each and every YC funded startup founder, I believe he writes his essays so all of them has a chance to get his message. Those texts are deeply related to his core duties at YC and no, I wouldn't call that "regularly blogging" - not even close.

Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog

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Post by beambot »

amplification wrote: post #20
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/

Joel Spolsky of StackExchange - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/
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