[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":380},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-5538579":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":43,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":79,"maker_in_thread":207,"shape":219,"grid":223,"attempts":342,"same_week":343,"maker_shows":44,"maker_hidden":373,"reader_version":374,"card":375},"5538579","Found a Business","The Found a Business Book – Interviews with Entrepreneurs","title","Show HN: The Found a Business Book – Interviews with Entrepreneurs","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.foundabusiness.com","foundabusiness.com","jjets718",1365776190,2013,76,53,330,1739,19,"notable","learning_science","entrepreneurship interviews book","other",[24,25,26,27],"entrepreneurs interviews","startup book","founder interviews","business pdf","mixed",0.31,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},11,9,1,3,24,{"idea":37,"design":39,"execution":40,"pricing":42},{"positive":38,"critical":33},2,{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":41,"critical":41},0,{"positive":41,"critical":33},[44,41,44,44,44,41,34,34,41,34,34,41,41,33,41,33,44,34,41,41,34,34,44,41,41,41,33,41,34,41,44,41,41,44,41,44,44,41,34,34],5,null,{"problem":45,"audience":47,"pricing":59,"motivation":68,"time_to_build":45,"stack":75,"openness":76,"stage":77,"team_size":78},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Aspiring entrepreneurs and startup founders","inferred",[51,55],{"id":52,"by":53,"text":54},"5539128","kumarski","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…",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"5538825","edw519","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…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"About $15 for a DRM-free PDF","commenter",[63,64],{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"5541340","unreal37","Yeah, I don't get the downvotes. I guess this comment goes against the spirit of congratulations and encouragement in the rest of the thread. Sure, money back guarantees work for…",{"value":69,"source":70,"evidence":71},"Inspired in part by Mixergy","maker",[72],{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},"5538861","I'm not a member of Mixergy, but I think all of the work Andrew has done with Mixergy has been great! This was in part inspired by Mixergy.",[],"paid","launched","solo",{"praise":80,"objections":107,"requests":134,"questions":160,"alternatives":178},[81,85,92],{"value":82,"source":61,"evidence":83},"Interviewees are strong, including many HN regulars",[84],{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"value":86,"source":61,"evidence":87},"Impressive that the author is a 17-year-old high schooler",[88],{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"5538712","dshipper","Worth noting that the guy who wrote this is 17 and still in high school. Pretty impressive stuff.",{"value":93,"source":61,"evidence":94},"Buyers say they are looking forward to reading it",[95,99,103],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"5539549","noinput","Purchased, thanks for putting all these great opinions in one place. looking forward to the read.",{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"5539182","superfresh","Purchased. Great job putting this together. Looking forward to the read.",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"5541012","mneumegen","Bought. Nice job, looks really interesting.",[108,115,126,130],{"value":109,"source":61,"evidence":110},"Price is too steep for some readers",[111],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"5539563","ruswick","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…",{"value":116,"source":61,"evidence":117},"Landing page design needs work",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"5539813","orangethirty","Interesting landing page. The choice of three \u003Ch1> feels weird. You usually go from \u003Ch1> to \u003Ch3> for the sub-headlines. The \u003Ch1> being the main hook. I would actually move your…",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"5538947","mtrimpe","Hey 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…",{"value":127,"source":61,"evidence":128},"Website is unusable on mobile",[129],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},{"value":131,"source":61,"evidence":132},"Interviewees are mostly web founders, not physical product builders",[133],{"id":52,"by":53,"text":54},[135,142,153],{"value":136,"source":61,"evidence":137},"Add a money-back guarantee",[138],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"5539592","thatthatis","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…",{"value":143,"source":61,"evidence":144},"Offer epub, mobi or audio formats",[145,149],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"5541989","mstolpm","Seems there is only a PDF version? I'd suggest to add an epub and\u002For mobi version: Much easier\u002Fbetter to use on mobile devices and tablets. Of course, it is possible to convert a…",{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"5541182","shadowrunner","Looks like a lot of value here, and congratulations to the author \u002F editor for shipping! One niggle though: no audio format (and if there is I didn't see it). Anecdotally, I saw…",{"value":154,"source":61,"evidence":155},"Add more physical product entrepreneurs",[156,157],{"id":52,"by":53,"text":54},{"id":158,"by":11,"text":159},"5539146","Thank 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.",[161,171],{"value":162,"source":70,"evidence":163},"Were interviews done by email or in person?",[164,168],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"5540359","mikecane","Were they in person or via email as someone speculated?",{"id":169,"by":11,"text":170},"5541487","The interviews were done using a combination of email and Skype.",{"value":172,"source":61,"evidence":173},"Does the book cover outsourcing or repetitive task reduction?",[174],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"5538937","josscrowcroft","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…",[179,186,193,200],{"value":180,"source":61,"evidence":181},"Founders at Work",[182],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"5540107","kriro","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…",{"value":187,"source":61,"evidence":188},"Start Small, Stay Small",[189],{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"5538998","cityzen","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:…",{"value":194,"source":61,"evidence":195},"Mixergy",[196],{"id":197,"by":198,"text":199},"5538819","treme","by chance, was this inspired by Mixergy? Purchased.",{"value":201,"source":61,"evidence":202},"founders.cc",[203],{"id":204,"by":205,"text":206},"5539189","ryangilbert","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.",{"comments":208,"answered":44,"key":209},18,[210,213,216],{"id":211,"text":212},"5538848","Hi, Ed! Thank you so much for your comment and for buying it! I really appreciate your kind words!",{"id":214,"text":215},"5539000","Thank you so much for your kind words and for buying a copy of the book! Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.",{"id":217,"text":218},"5538729","Thanks, Dan! 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