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>>people running successful startups don't have time to write about it This is both offensive and incorrect. Offensive because it implies that if someone manag

>>people running successful startups don't have time to write about it This is both offensive and incorrect. Offensive because it implies that if someone manages to find the time to write about how they are running their company they probably aren’t successful. Incorrect because the startup world is in fact full of leaders who do manage to find the time to write about how they run their companies (kalzameus comes to mind).

eropple 8y ago
Patrick works at Stripe. Before that, he consulted and ran a bingo card creator. I love the dude and his advice has been invaluable to me--but it has been invaluable because he is not a guy who has run startups, he's a guy who's had to make a buck.
- bdcravens 8y ago
  Plus it seems his output (on his blog and here on HN) has decreased quite a bit since he moved to Stripe, so this validates what happens when you get busy.
  - newbie912 8y ago
    Although a big part of his job is writing about similar topics, so you could also say he's still doing the same thing, only posting to a different end point and getting paid. That too is success.
- enraged_camel 8y ago
  Running a bingo card creator qualifies as a startup. Unless of course we are using the ultra narrow HN definition of a startup.
  - eropple 8y ago
    No, we're using the tech-industry definition of a startup. I don't run a startup, either. I make money.
bdcravens 8y ago
patio11 (Patrick McKenzie of kalzumeus.com) hasn't blogged on his personal site since September 2017. His current blogging seems today to support Stripe's business objectives, as he publishes to their site.
- enraged_camel 8y ago
  I am well aware. I am referring to pre-Stripe.
volaski 8y ago
it's offensive only because you choose to be offended, it actually tells more about yourself than parent. > people running successful startups don't have time to write about it, while people who have wound down their companies do tell us what kind of mental gymnastics you have to go through to go from above statement to come up with such a twisted interpretation as "it implies that if someone manages to find the time to write about how they're running their company they probably aren’t successful". Since it's HN, I'm sure you can show how you came to that conclusion, in logical expression.
dang 8y ago
The offensive bar sure gets lower these days! I'm surprised the point is controversial. It would be great if you were right; I'm just not seeing the articles. This one stood out as an exception. Also, we all love both Patricks but the one who runs Stripe doesn't blog anymore (does he?) so I think I get Stripe in my column on this.

eropple 8y ago

Patrick works at Stripe. Before that, he consulted and ran a bingo card creator. I love the dude and his advice has been invaluable to me--but it has been invaluable because he is not a guy who has run startups, he's a guy who's had to make a buck.

bdcravens 8y ago
Plus it seems his output (on his blog and here on HN) has decreased quite a bit since he moved to Stripe, so this validates what happens when you get busy.
- newbie912 8y ago
  Although a big part of his job is writing about similar topics, so you could also say he's still doing the same thing, only posting to a different end point and getting paid. That too is success.
enraged_camel 8y ago
Running a bingo card creator qualifies as a startup. Unless of course we are using the ultra narrow HN definition of a startup.
- eropple 8y ago
  No, we're using the tech-industry definition of a startup. I don't run a startup, either. I make money.

bdcravens 8y ago

patio11 (Patrick McKenzie of kalzumeus.com) hasn't blogged on his personal site since September 2017. His current blogging seems today to support Stripe's business objectives, as he publishes to their site.

enraged_camel 8y ago
I am well aware. I am referring to pre-Stripe.

volaski 8y ago

it's offensive only because you choose to be offended, it actually tells more about yourself than parent. > people running successful startups don't have time to write about it, while people who have wound down their companies do tell us what kind of mental gymnastics you have to go through to go from above statement to come up with such a twisted interpretation as "it implies that if someone manages to find the time to write about how they're running their company they probably aren’t successful". Since it's HN, I'm sure you can show how you came to that conclusion, in logical expression.

dang 8y ago

The offensive bar sure gets lower these days! I'm surprised the point is controversial. It would be great if you were right; I'm just not seeing the articles. This one stood out as an exception. Also, we all love both Patricks but the one who runs Stripe doesn't blog anymore (does he?) so I think I get Stripe in my column on this.