Jason Cohen a.k.a "asmartbear" blogs regularly and he was the CEO of WPEngine before handing over the reins to a new CEO.
Few successful entrepreneurs blog
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Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I do enjoy reading 42Floors posts that get linked here, and of course SVN by 37Signals.
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#53Damn I'd better stop blogging. I want to make sure I'm successful.
I think you got the Cause-Effect process backwards; when you are successful you will be too busy to blog, but to be successful, initially, you need to market yourself and your products through blogs...
I think that may be the joke. Though this is the text, so I'm not sure.
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#54I think the primary point is that the successful founders we can think of don't blog regularly. I could think of a few exceptions to this that have been mentioned in other comments (Freedman, Musk, Spolsky, etc). However of the exceptions even fewer blog on a regular basis.
There will always be exceptions to this and I hope people don't read remarks like Keith's as how-to guides. It's only a pattern that fits the mold. Don't think that your time is always too precious to 'share insights & experiences' as Hunter stated. That should have its time and place as well. It's very helpful to outsiders such as myself.
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#55I wish more did, but I suspect there is a good reason they don't. There is liability in what they say. And when dealing with lots of money it's easier to say nothing publicly.
[offtopic] Wow I hate reading twitter threads, I wish there was an easier and better way to see related tweets and connect who is talking to who inline.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
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/
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#57Keith'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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#58Keith'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/
Vinicius Vacanti of Yipit - http://viniciusvacanti.com/
Dan Shipper - http://danshipper.com/
Re: Few successful entrepreneurs blog
#59Keith'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/
Let's not forget to add Richard Branson http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson
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#60dhh is the first example that comes to my mind.
Interesting point, but I think it's still probably important for early stage startups to blog. It helps get them exposure and increase their luck surface area (http://www.codusoperandi.com/posts/increasing-your-luck-surf...). Things probably change when you get really big though.