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500 Startups Blog
blog.500startups.com · Company blog · on HN since 2010
The 500 Startups blog covers startup funding, metrics, PR, and company-building advice from the accelerator and its network.
What HN saysHN commenters link it for its cohort metrics posts, PR videos for startups, the Twilio fund announcement, and a guide to starting a startup in Japan.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Announcing Twilio Fund for 500 Startups2 people · 44 points · first shared 2010 · 17 comments on HN
- 2The Secret of User Activity Streams and Cohort Metrics2 people · 34 points · first shared 2011 · 4 comments on HN
- 3What Does that “Business Guy” at Your Startup Do, Anyway?2 people · 12 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup1 people · 146 points · first shared 2011 · 181 comments on HN
- 5How to Create A Startup in Japan (In 10 Easy Steps)1 people · 42 points · first shared 2011 · 13 comments on HN
- 6Conflicting Advice from Entrepreneurs on Fundraising, Vision, Hiring, etc.1 people · 35 points · first shared 2010 · 3 comments on HN
- 7Don't Drink Your Own Kool-Aid1 people · 14 points · first shared 2011 · 4 comments on HN
- 8Startups aren't easy. Celebrate the little victories.1 people · 11 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 9Highlights from our “Design a Healthy Startup” Event1 people · 10 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 10Tech Investing Trends For 20111 people · 5 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 11Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders1 people · 5 points · first shared 2010 · 2 comments on HN
- 12BOOM Goes The Dynamite 500 Startups Announces Accelerator Program1 people · 5 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 13Space Matters: Why is Startup Accelerator Space Important?1 people · 4 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 14The Designer-Driven Startup1 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 15Acquisitions: Pulling Back the Covers1 people · 4 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
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ludistan · 2010-09-26
I also highly recommend watching this 2 videos from 500startups: PR secrets for startups. http://blog.500startups.com/2010/09/24/startup2startup-pr-secrets-for-…
A lot of useful advices on how to get the press to cover your product.
DanielRibeiro · 2011-09-12
After reading quite a bit about cohort analysis[1][2] (including Fred Wilson's[3]), this line made me understand why it is so important.
[1] http://blog.500startups.com/2011/07/13/cohort-metrics-for-startups-rev…
[2] http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/09/one-line-split-test-or-ho…
[3] http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/10/the-cohort-analysis.html
robert_mygengo · 2011-04-21
Bit more background info here (I co-founded the company that the person blogging here is working for, s'pose he'd better answer about the pay :)) http://blog.500startups.com/2011/01/24/how-to-create-a-successful-star…
Visa: If you have a college degree and/or significant experience it helps a lot but we know people who've managed to self-sponsor with just the experience.
But working for a traditional Japanese company is normally a soul-crushing experience for foreigners. There are not a lot of startups here :)
dwwoelfel · 2010-12-07
Twilio wants him to do this. They created a fund that invests in startups like patio11's [1]. One of the Twilio people even wrote a comment on HN encouraging patio11 to apply [2].
[1] http://blog.500startups.com/2010/09/23/twilio-fund-for-500-startups/
[2] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1721822
razin · 2010-11-09
There was a similar post on the 500 Startups blog last week: http://blog.500startups.com/2010/11/03/livin-la-vida-startup-in-beanto…