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Max Klein
maxkle.in · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Max Klein writes about startups, programming, and making money, including his move from Europe to China and ways to test startup ideas.
What HN saysCommenters link his posts on testing startup ideas cheaply and on moving to China, and cite his posts on wealth and dating sites.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China6 people · 97 points · first shared 2010 · 118 comments on HN
- 2Delete your list of startup ideas, they are holding you back4 people · 42 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 3Programming is an easy way to procrastinate3 people · 55 points · first shared 2010 · 30 comments on HN
- 4The cheapest way to discover if a startup will make money (using Twitter)3 people · 20 points · first shared 2012 · 4 comments on HN
- 5How angel investors are destroying young gullible programming talent2 people · 148 points · first shared 2010 · 65 comments on HN
- 6A chinese villager who sells more software daily than you do2 people · 53 points · first shared 2010 · 20 comments on HN
- 7I’m not an enterpreneur, I’m a dirty hack2 people · 18 points · first shared 2010 · 6 comments on HN
- 8How I ended high turnover with our filipino workers2 people · 13 points · first shared 2011 · 4 comments on HN
- 9Writing software like you were making movies2 people · 9 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 10Your high IQ will kill your startup2 people · 6 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN
- 11Drug dealers shouldn't make iPhone apps1 people · 76 points · first shared 2010 · 45 comments on HN
- 12Being unhappy running a successful business1 people · 58 points · first shared 2010 · 31 comments on HN
- 13How to be successful: steal ideas and copy people1 people · 42 points · first shared 2010 · 10 comments on HN
- 14Your high IQ will kill your startup1 people · 41 points · first shared 2010 · 22 comments on HN
- 15How I destroyed my startup1 people · 26 points · first shared 2010 · 22 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
itmag · 2012-01-10
http://maxkle.in/how-to-become-rich-even-if-nobody-is-followin
gspyrou · 2012-05-23
You may check this blog post by @maxklein http://maxkle.in/the-cheapest-way-to-discover-if-a-startup-idea-will-m…
AlexC04 · 2011-02-02
This has been done: http://maxkle.in/how-elite-dating-sites-scam-people/
Charuru · 2010-12-22
Nah, you don't want a million dollars. Some people do:
http://maxkle.in/do-you-really-want-to-be-rich/
mattm · 2010-12-18
For reference:
Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China
http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/
and HN discussion - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1547964
Unfortunately, the story focuses only on the girl. I would have liked to read about the actual experiences of doing business in China. He just glosses over the fact that their programmer was fired. Also, is his co-founder Chinese? I think that would have been relevant to mention.
nhebb · 2010-11-04
I thought you were going to China:
http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/
BTW, I don't mean this as a snarky retort. I'm seriously curious whether that plan has panned out for you.
yummyfajitas · 2010-09-29
According to Max Klein, that is certainly true for programmers. Based on the numbers he gave, "a good programmer" in Germany gets paid less than a fresh college grad in the US.
http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/
sfgary1 · 2010-09-28
link is "404 page not found" error. Is this the one you intended? http://maxkle.in/how-angel-investors-destroy-talent/
kranner · 2010-08-18
I hesitate to say it after his recent "I will reveal my methods" fiasco but this reminded me of:
http://maxkle.in/programming-is-a-way-to-procrastinate/
"Max", if you're reading this, weren't you going to give away your methods in August or something?
epi0Bauqu · 2010-08-17
So... a) did you move to China; b) are you really doing 5 months work from home, one month work in a 5 star hotel; c) get in a knife fight?
I don't mind privacy at all, but I like to know if what I'm reading is fact or fiction or some combination thereof.
[a] http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/
[b] http://maxkle.in/my-company-5-months-work-from-home-one-month/
[c] http://maxkle.in/your-high-iq-will-kill-your-startup/
all · 2010-07-26
This is the case in pretty much every western country, afaik. The $250k limit is also held by Germany. Other countries have floors of (I hope you're sitting) 1 million currency units (pounds, etc.). Personally, I think they are all misguided. But try to explain that to border control. In this vein, you may find this post by Max Klein of interest: http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/
edanm · 2010-07-13
Wave today is nothing like it was supposed to be from their presentations last year.
But it is an extremely important productivity tool, and makes collaboration really easy. http://maxkle.in/on-how-google-wave-surprisingly-changed-my-li/
imp · 2010-06-16
I haven't done it myself, but for your price range you'll likely end up on rentacoder. An article posted here a while back had some good tips on managing a project there:
http://maxkle.in/the-subtleties-in-outsourcing-using-rentacode/