Instigator Blog
instigatorblog.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2007
Benjamin Yoskovitz, a Montreal entrepreneur, writes about startup funding, lean startup methods, SaaS lessons, and small exits.
What HN saysHN links it for startup advice and Yoskovitz's posts, with commenters calling him approachable and pointing to his writing on MVPs.
88HN people shared it
7linked it in comments
139stories submitted
699story points
8 years agolast shared
2007people per year2026
Most-shared posts
- 1The Art and Science of Small Exits3 people · 23 points · first shared 2009 · 5 comments on HN
- 2An Introductory Guide to Startup Funding3 people · 13 points · first shared 2007 · discussion on HN
- 3What To Do After You Launch Your Startup3 people · 12 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 4A Postmortem Analysis of Standout Jobs3 people · 8 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 5How to Structure Good Hypotheses for Your Lean Startup3 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 6Lessons Learned Running a Software as a Service (SaaS) Business2 people · 17 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 7How to Have Startup Swagger Without Being a Complete Asshole2 people · 5 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 8“No Marketing” Isn’t as Impressive as You Think2 people · 5 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 9Why are Customer Development and Lean Startup Principles So Popular?2 people · 4 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 10The Startup CEO School of Hard Knocks2 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 11The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode2 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 12Lessons Learned Launching a Lean Startup Accelerator2 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 13Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup1 people · 79 points · first shared 2010 · 32 comments on HN
- 14Startup : There is no risk1 people · 56 points · first shared 2012 · 54 comments on HN
- 15Small Features1 people · 30 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
markhall · 2012-01-08
Great point. This same discussion was made by Ben Yoskovitz on http://www.instigatorblog.com/no-shitty-in-mv/2012/01/05/
amorphid · 2010-09-01
Talk to Benjamin Yosko => http://www.instigatorblog.com. He is very approachable, lives/works in Montreal, and recently sold his startup. Tell him Captain Recruiter says hello.
alexisnorman · 2016-03-11
Reminds me of how Jason Becker now composes music after his battle with ALS: http://www.instigatorblog.com/jason-becker-and-the-power-of-technology…
crusso · 2013-04-04
the government is spending your tax dollars already
They should be spending a lot less of them, shouldn't they?
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
I mean, what business would ever be allowed to spend money endlessly without thought to income? Why do we let the government do it?
Besides, we already have angel funding, ycombinator, venture capital, self funding, debt funding, crowd funding, etc.
http://www.instigatorblog.com/an-introductory-guide-to-startup-funding…
We should not be taking tax money by force from some to fund the next facebook.
skmurphy · 2011-01-07
Some hypotheses missing from Daniel's list:
o customer problem or need
o symptoms that indicate customer problem or need
o description of benefits that customer will understand
o features to support benefits / solution customer will accept
See also Ben Yoskovitz's "Useless Feedback" at http://www.instigatorblog.com/useless-feedback/2010/06/14/
which begins:
Asking a friend, "What do you think of my idea?" is almost completely useless.
Asking a friend (or someone else who isn’t as biased as your friend,
"Do you have this problem, and how painful is it?" is a much more useful query.
iamwil · 2008-01-25
kinda weird foundread just cut and pasted it without adding anything.
http://www.instigatorblog.com/how-do-you-prepare-for-presentations/200…
palish · 2009-03-04
I like it. However, I found a site that breaks it: http://www.instigatorblog.com/the-art-and-science-of-the-small-exit/20… ... When I click my 'Readability' bookmarklet in Chrome, the main article is removed completely, and all that's left is the blog entry's comments. Here is the exact Readability bookmarklet I'm using:
javascript:(function(){
readStyle='style-newspaper';
readSize='size-medium';
readMargin='margin-medium';
_readability_script=document.createElement('SCRIPT');
_readability_script.type='text/javascript';
_readability_script.src='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/js/readability-0.1.js?x=&…
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_script);
_readability_css=document.createElement('LINK');
_readability_css.rel='stylesheet';
_readability_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability.css';
_readability_css.type='text/css';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_css);
_readability_print_css=document.createElement('LINK');
_readability_print_css.rel='stylesheet';
_readability_print_css.href='http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/css/readability-print.css…
_readability_print_css.media='print';
_readability_print_css.type='text/css';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_readability_print_css);
})();