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I'd bet lots of money that this is exactly the sort of PR puff piece Paul Graham describes [0], where a PR firm writes a pseudo-advice column that drops Kentik'

by fatbird 10y ago

I'd bet lots of money that this is exactly the sort of PR puff piece Paul Graham describes [0], where a PR firm writes a pseudo-advice column that drops Kentik's and Avi Freedman's names a lot. Bland, generic infrastructure advice phrased in an insidery tone that leaves lots of Google trail for the company that paid for this sponsored advertising. Don't waste your time, it's nothing you can't figure out on your own. [0] http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html

avifreedman 10y ago
As to the specific advice, sorry you didn't think it was valuable. But re: it being a PR fluff piece - Nope... Not in this case, and I would bet against that being the case with First Round Review in general. I'd bet a reasonable sum that every article int the First Round Review was spoken and/or written by the person being interviewed/quoted. For this article, Camille prepped me with some questions, then we spent an hour on the phone, and she got me a draft that I made suggestions on (especially the monitoring section, which was much weaker originally).