> Both his PSAs and his material on marketing and business are a real service to everyone. That's why they've been so popular on HN for years.
HN loves startup porn, but how is this any different than how self-help books are marketed?
Distrust anyone who makes a business out of telling other businesses how to be successful in business because of how they're successful in business.
The people who are successful don't have time to run consultancies, and anyone that knows anything about consultancies knows that the lessons you learn there are very different than what's useful and necessary for product companies.
Bingo Card Creator and Appointment Reminder. The latter is big enough he's started doing angel investing. Keep in mind, he runs both of them by himself and he no longer consults. I'm not saying he doesn't have an ulterior motive, but his motives are considerably more pure than 99% of the articles on hacker news.
Not that it matters. Who cares where the advice comes from if it works? And if it doesn't work, the purest motives in the world isn't going to make it work.
HN loves startup porn, but how is this any different than how self-help books are marketed?
Distrust anyone who makes a business out of telling other businesses how to be successful in business because of how they're successful in business.
The people who are successful don't have time to run consultancies, and anyone that knows anything about consultancies knows that the lessons you learn there are very different than what's useful and necessary for product companies.