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David Cummings
Personal blog · davidcummings.orgstartupsbusiness
David Cummings's personal blog at davidcummings.org covers startups and business. Since 2010, 48 different Hacker News readers have linked it 66 times, most often “Private Equity as the SaaS Savior”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link David Cummings's startup writing, including notes on Twilio's S-1 filing and a post on white-label software licensing. One commenter points to his blog as a bootstrapped founder's writing.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- One commenter tells readers to check out the blog as a bootstrapped founder's writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
3,000+ posts on entrepreneurship and startups
Most-linked posts?
- Private Equity as the SaaS Savior2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-10-08
- When Raising Money Makes Sense2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-05-13
- Notes from Twilio S-1 IPO Filing2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-05-27
What Hacker News says?
Outstanding summary Patrick, was prepared for a piece of dry content marketing but many gold nuggets as usual! I would add a couple of supplementals unique to 2018 for those of us raising capital in a SAAS or looking to liquidate: 1) The "SAAS Napkin" for 2018, a survey of ~50 Series A / Series B funded companies that have shared with regard to growth / churn / etc. Links here https://www.producthunt.com/posts/saas-…
Comment linking /2017/10/03/private-equity-as-the-saas-savior/
on “The Business of SaaS”Submitted Quick Specifics on a Newly Formed Startup as a story · 11 points
HN discussions-1 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11779453 s-2 amendment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11893368 Summary https://davidcummings.org/2016/05/26/notes-from-twilio-s-1-i...
Comment linking /2016/05/26/notes-from-twilio-s-1-ipo-filing/
on “Twilio opens trading at $23.99 per share”Submitted How Much is Enough as a story · 7 points
HN discussionCosts are low enough in Atlanta that you can actually start your business without raising capital. Unthinkable, at least for an extended period of time, in most other cities. Most businesses shouldn't raise money either because they're not going to grow fast enough to fit the VC model or they're going to dilute the founders so much that the wind gets sucked out of the sails. For example, learn from an Atlantan that…
Comment linking /2010/05/08/when-raising-money-makes-sense/
on “Why Atlanta Should Be Your Next Startup HQ”Submitted Startups Should Say No to Most Opportunities as a story · 6 points
HN discussionCheck out David Cummings blog, based in Atlanta-- bootstrapped Pardot, sold to ExactTarget> http://davidcummings.org/about/
Comment linking /about/
on “Ask HN: Bootstrapped tech founders who blog, write, etc?”Submitted 50 Things Every Startup Should Know as a story · 5 points
HN discussionEntrepreneurship: http://cdixon.org/ http://derekandersen.me/ http://davidcummings.org/ http://viniciusvacanti.com/ http://www.steveblank.com/ http://37signals.com/svn Startup/Tech Marketing: http://www.responsys.com/blogs/nsm/ http://startup-marketing.com/ http://blog.kissmetrics.com/ http://unbounce.com/blog/ Venture Capital: http://bhorowitz.com/ http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/ http://www.feld.com/wp/ http://…
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on “What rss feeds do you subscribe to?”Submitted Metrics Spreadsheet for Every SaaS Company as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIs your company profitable now? Are you selling your product now? If not, you're just gonna burn an extra $15K out of the gate. I can think of MANY better uses for $15K than on a domain. Can't you? I am a perfectionist so in theory I love the idea of getting the perfect domain name. In practice, I would urge you to register an original domain name (unless money is no object for you). The perfect domain is nice, but…
Comment linking /2010/08/07/more-domain-name-searching-tips/
on “Ask HN: Literal domain names”Submitted When a Competitor Raises Money as a story · 4 points
HN discussionWorking on answering my own question here, in the hopes that this may help someone else down the road. Here's one article that argues against startups going down the "white label" path: http://www.startupcfo.ca/2012/06/why-i-hate-white-labeling-f... And another that takes a dim view of pure "white labeling" but suggests co-branding as a valid option: http://davidcummings.org/2011/08/11/white-labeled-software-s...
Comment linking /2011/08/11/white-labeled-software-strategies-for-startups/
on “Ask HN: Experience with "white label" licensing?”Submitted Death to the $700k Seed Round as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Private Equity as the SaaS Savior as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Arriving at the Pardot Acquisition Price as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Evaluating an Early Stage Startup to Join as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 15 First-Time Entrepreneur Misconceptions as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Calculating Your FU Money Amount as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Most Employees aren’t Focused on Startups as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Post Mortem on a Failed Product - Lessons. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted $100M Valuation and No More Funding as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Startup Financing in the Age of Capital Abundance as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scrappy First, Comfortable Financial Balance Later as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Notes from the Okta S-1 IPO Filing – David Cummings on Startups as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Spending 50% of a 7-Figure Marketing Budget in 3 Days as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Start Now, No Funding Needed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted SaaS Founder/CEO Equity at Time of IPO as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Saas Moving from General Tools to Prescriptive Solutions – David Cummings as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Product Adoption Is Lite as a story · 2 points
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