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Tell HN: Started a blog to track attempt of starting a startup

7 points by bherms 16y ago

I decided to finally get to work on a project I care about after years of putting it off. I've been busting ass on it for a few weeks now and decided to start a blog to track what I'm doing. I thought maybe people could learn from me, offer advice, and, if I'm lucky enough to become successful, it might be a useful glimpse at the process of starting a business from scratch. Right now it's just background information, but I'll be posting a new entry tonight with goals and a roadmap. Let me know what you think. Thanks! http://blog.spkto.us edit: put on custom domain

patio11 16y ago
STOP. Put it on your own domain, now, then start blogging. Then invent a time machine and give me this advice when I started, because it would have saved me a lot of grief down the road.
- bherms 16y ago
  Thanks for the advice! Care to elaborate a bit? I have a handful of domains right now, including the domain for the name of the software. Would you recommend using the domain of the name of the software I'm working on, or should I use my other blogging domain?
  - brlewis 16y ago
    Your blog will be linked to by people interested in the problem you want to solve. Putting it on your startup's domain will help your startup reap the associated SEO benefits.
- bherms 16y ago
  updated with custom domain. is it cool to still use posterous though?
  - robfitz 16y ago
    Ya. Can always switch the platform later while keeping the domain credibility.
stakent 16y ago
Clickable: http://blog.spkto.us http://blog.spkto.us
desigooner 16y ago
nice work. I subscribed to your blog. I'm probably a step behind you in the case of still rounding up and finalizing on 2-3 ideas and selecting one. I actually started trying to establish a sleep routine (sleep at 12:30 am, wake up at 7:30am drill) and deciding to put off B-school for another year.
- bherms 16y ago
  Thanks for the subscribe! If there's every any suggestions you have or questions, let me know and I'll do my best to address it. I hope you enjoy reading it!
mattgratt 16y ago
Hate to tell you this, but pagerank/SEO juice on subdomains doesn't transfer back to the main domain. spkto.us/blog would be a much more effective configuration for SEO. (I assume you'd like traffic on your site from google.)

7 points by bherms 16y ago

patio11 16y ago

STOP. Put it on your own domain, now, then start blogging. Then invent a time machine and give me this advice when I started, because it would have saved me a lot of grief down the road.

bherms 16y ago
Thanks for the advice! Care to elaborate a bit? I have a handful of domains right now, including the domain for the name of the software. Would you recommend using the domain of the name of the software I'm working on, or should I use my other blogging domain?
- brlewis 16y ago
  Your blog will be linked to by people interested in the problem you want to solve. Putting it on your startup's domain will help your startup reap the associated SEO benefits.
bherms 16y ago
updated with custom domain. is it cool to still use posterous though?
- robfitz 16y ago
  Ya. Can always switch the platform later while keeping the domain credibility.

stakent 16y ago

Clickable: http://blog.spkto.us http://blog.spkto.us

desigooner 16y ago

nice work. I subscribed to your blog. I'm probably a step behind you in the case of still rounding up and finalizing on 2-3 ideas and selecting one. I actually started trying to establish a sleep routine (sleep at 12:30 am, wake up at 7:30am drill) and deciding to put off B-school for another year.

bherms 16y ago
Thanks for the subscribe! If there's every any suggestions you have or questions, let me know and I'll do my best to address it. I hope you enjoy reading it!

mattgratt 16y ago

Hate to tell you this, but pagerank/SEO juice on subdomains doesn't transfer back to the main domain. spkto.us/blog would be a much more effective configuration for SEO. (I assume you'd like traffic on your site from google.)