Ryan Spoon
ryanspoon.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008
Ryan Spoon is a startup investor who blogged mostly around 2008 to 2010 about web products, freemium models, and pitch decks.
What HN saysHN commenters link his Evernote freemium conversion numbers, his post on Google adding ads to image search, and his startup job resources.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Disqus - After 5 Days on Disqus, I’m Turning Back to Wordpress Comments3 people · 29 points · first shared 2008 · 17 comments on HN
- 2Netflix's Fascinating Cancellation Questionnaire2 people · 38 points · first shared 2011 · 18 comments on HN
- 3Amazon Kindle is a Hit2 people · 26 points · first shared 2008 · 41 comments on HN
- 4Building a List of Must Read Quora Threads for Startups & Entrepreneurs2 people · 9 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 5Google Adds Ads to Image Search... It Really Sucks.2 people · 6 points · first shared 2008 · 8 comments on HN
- 6Freemium Business Model Data Insights from Evernote2 people · 1 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 7Creating a Killer Early-Stage Pitch Deck for Angels & VCs.1 people · 55 points · first shared 2011 · 7 comments on HN
- 8Amazon’s Navigation Bar Is Revealing1 people · 46 points · first shared 2011 · 15 comments on HN
- 9Dogpatch Labs by the Numbers & Founders1 people · 26 points · first shared 2010 · 5 comments on HN
- 10Google Analytics - 20 Ways to Fix Analytics. Please Hurry?1 people · 24 points · first shared 2008 · 19 comments on HN
- 11IPhone & iPad Devs: Christmas is Your Most Important Day1 people · 23 points · first shared 2010 · 7 comments on HN
- 1213 iPhone Apps That Need to be Made -- Add Yours in HN Comments1 people · 21 points · first shared 2009 · 24 comments on HN
- 13The Front Page Effect – Why I’d Rather Be on Techmeme than Digg1 people · 19 points · first shared 2008 · 8 comments on HN
- 14How to Incent Good User Behavior: Use Real Identity (ala LinkedIn, FB)1 people · 19 points · first shared 2010 · 11 comments on HN
- 15Harrrah’s Low Rollers Account for 80% of Revenue & 100% of Profits1 people · 16 points · first shared 2008 · 8 comments on HN
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berecruited · 2008-05-30
Good post here about finding a start up job:
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/05/18/landing-a-great-start-up-job-the-…
Also, what's your skillset? Depending on, I have a couple available opportunities... how should we contact you?!
JumpCrisscross · 2026-04-29
> always thought that ChatGPT ads would be indistinguishable from actual content
Remember when we got upset that Google was putting ads into image search [1]?
[1] http://www.ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/12/14/google-image-search-now-with-… 2008
rafaelc · 2010-12-02
Three Dogpatch Labs companies included as well.
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2010/12/02/3-dogpatch-companies-in-rwws-top-…
paraschopra · 2010-05-21
Here are stats for Evernote:
1.8% of users (6% of active users) have converted to premium users.
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2010/03/26/evernote-freemium-business-model/
http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/03/26/freemium-summit-evernote-shar…
bdfh42 · 2008-07-11
Did you catch today's post on the Kindle?
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/07/10/amazon-kindle-is-a-hit-12-of-book…
Plus recent posts on the latest ranges of ultra small format PCs from a range of suppliers?
Yes - something interesting is happening in this market place at last.
daveambrose · 2008-05-22
Did you see Ryan's post on Disqus?
http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/05/15/disqus-after-5-days-on-disqus-im-…
I agree with him.
danielha · 2008-05-16
Hey Ryan, I responded to your comment here: http://ryanspoon.com/blog/2008/05/15/disqus-after-5-days-on-disqus-im-…