Found a Business
Learning and science
entrepreneurship interviews book
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How HN took it
11 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interviewees are strong, including many HN regulars
From 1 comment
Pros: ``` - about half the interviewees are HN regulars - the other half look very interesting as well - nice sample chapter - DRM-free pdf - one good idea can from this can…
edw519 on HN
Impressive that the author is a 17-year-old high schooler
From 1 comment
Worth noting that the guy who wrote this is 17 and still in high school. Pretty impressive stuff.
dshipper on HN
Buyers say they are looking forward to reading it
From 3 comments
Purchased, thanks for putting all these great opinions in one place. looking forward to the read.
noinput on HNPurchased. Great job putting this together. Looking forward to the read.
superfresh on HNBought. Nice job, looks really interesting.
mneumegen on HN
Objections
Price is too steep for some readers
From 1 comment
This book looks genuinely compelling, and is the first "HN books" in which I've been truly interested for quite some time. Alas, the price is too steep for me, and, were I in a…
ruswick on HN
Landing page design needs work
From 2 comments
Interesting landing page. The choice of three <h1> feels weird. You usually go from <h1> to <h3> for the sub-headlines. The <h1> being the main hook. I would actually move your…
orangethirty on HNHey there. The book looks pretty impressive! I'd really get someone to do at least a little bit of design on the landing page though. There are mostly just basic typography and…
mtrimpe on HN
Website is unusable on mobile
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This book looks genuinely compelling, and is the first "HN books" in which I've been truly interested for quite some time. Alas, the price is too steep for me, and, were I in a…
ruswick on HN
Interviewees are mostly web founders, not physical product builders
From 1 comment
These entrepreneurs are great, but they all look like they do web stuff only. The only thing I think about when I see this is: "The facebooks are great, but what about the…
kumarski on HN
Requests
Add a money-back guarantee
From 1 comment
Books like this should really offer a money back guarantee. Why? It signals quality and enables speculative purchasing. The quality signal I think is obvious. The speculative…
thatthatis on HN
Offer epub, mobi or audio formats
From 2 comments
Seems there is only a PDF version? I'd suggest to add an epub and/or mobi version: Much easier/better to use on mobile devices and tablets. Of course, it is possible to convert a…
mstolpm on HNLooks like a lot of value here, and congratulations to the author / editor for shipping! One niggle though: no audio format (and if there is I didn't see it). Anecdotally, I saw…
shadowrunner on HN
Add more physical product entrepreneurs
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These entrepreneurs are great, but they all look like they do web stuff only. The only thing I think about when I see this is: "The facebooks are great, but what about the…
kumarski on HNThank you very much for the feedback! My plan is to add more entrepreneurs to the book in the future, and I will definitely try to add people who have created physical products.
jjets718 on HN
Questions
Were interviews done by email or in person?
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Were they in person or via email as someone speculated?
mikecane on HNThe interviews were done using a combination of email and Skype.
jjets718 on HN
Does the book cover outsourcing or repetitive task reduction?
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I'd like to buy, but ... in the spirit of only pursuing immediately-relevant and -actionable information, is there anything in here about outsourcing, and lessening the time…
josscrowcroft on HN
Alternatives named
Founders at Work
From 1 comment
Bought, will read it on the train on Monday. Excellent timing since I just finished reading all the interviews in "Founders at Work" that were on my most interesting list. I saw…
kriro on HN
Start Small, Stay Small
From 1 comment
Have you read Rob Walling's Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guid to Launching a Startup? Quick read, lots of good info on exactly what you're looking for:…
cityzen on HN
Mixergy
From 1 comment
by chance, was this inspired by Mixergy? Purchased.
treme on HN
founders.cc
From 1 comment
I started something similar with www.founders.cc (launches May 1)! I'll definitely be buying this one as well. Looks like a solid list of entrepreneurs.
ryangilbert on HN