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Loic Le Meur
Personal blog · loiclemeur.comstartupswriting
Loic Le Meur writes Loïc's letter, a personal blog at loiclemeur.com about startups and writing. Since 2007, 38 different Hacker News readers have linked it 44 times, most often “The Influencers Verdict: the Google+ example”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-02, 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 Loic Le Meur's blog for his posts on startups and tech media, including his response to a Google+ launch critique and his account of Seesmic's struggles. Most links are cited as sources.
- Recommended for · 1 comments
- One commenter calls his response to the Google+ 'ghost town' critique a great response, and says it shows how to launch a new service.
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.
A tech entrepreneur who mostly writes about spiritual transformation stories. Click to read Loïc's letter, by Loic Le Meur, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Most-linked posts?
- The Influencers Verdict: the Google+ example2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-09-20
- Who wants a great engineering team in Bucharest?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-03-25
What Hacker News says?
Related app request from Loic Le Meur: http://loiclemeur.com/english/2011/03/its-time-for-personal-... You should contact him, you might get some endorsement :)
Comment linking /english/2011/03/its-time-for-personal-asshole-proof-crm.html
on “Show HN: My app in 4 weeks is done”Submitted Never Criticize Your Competitors as a story · 78 points
HN discussion"We built an API. 2000 pieces of software are capable of sending updates. Summize was the most important one" - Evan Williams http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/02/evan-williams-of-twitt...
Comment linking /english/2009/02/evan-williams-of-twitter-speaks-at-ted.html
on “TwittyPic acquired. Launched on HN 72 days ago.”Submitted Who wants a great engineering team in Bucharest? as a story · 72 points
HN discussionSeesmic's always struggled. From the founders blog in July I have been struggling with Seesmic for 5 years, pivoting 4 times and not reaching success yet, still trying hard (we just killed a bunch of products to focus on one, Seesmic Ping and monetized it with hundreds of happy paid customers already and a nice growth). A big change. http://loiclemeur.com/english/2012/07/40-and-5.html
Comment linking /english/2012/07/40-and-5.html
on “Seesmic acquired by HootSuite”Submitted How much can you really make developing mobile apps? as a story · 33 points
HN discussionI've tried the "just do it" approach in the past and now believe its nonsense. Be calculating and methodical, not impetuous. Do's/Dont's: Don't work on your stuff on employer time. Make sure you have energy left after work for your project (sometimes that means not being the star performer at the day job). I work my day job from 8-5, and my startup from 6-11 EVERY WEEKDAY. Weekends its ALL DAY developement. Have a p…
Comment linking /english/2007/12/the-idea-does-n.html
on “Ask YC: How to start becoming an entrepreneur while still being an employee”Submitted PR secrets? bullsh*t. as a story · 23 points
HN discussion"we built an API. 2000 pieces of software are capable of sending updates. Summize was the most important one" @ev #ted http://loiclemeur.com/english/2009/02/evan-williams-of-twitt...
Comment linking /english/2009/02/evan-williams-of-twitter-speaks-at-ted.html
on “It's No Joke: Real Time Search is a Big Deal.”Submitted Loic Le Meur's Vision of Programmable Twitter Clients as a story · 10 points
HN discussionThere's a great response from Loic LeMeur: http://loiclemeur.com/english/2011/09/the-influencers-verdic... "Time will tell if Google+ will succeed, I am still getting incredible traction and interactions in it (thanks) so I don’t believe the influencers verdict, I was waiting for it to start to show up and it of course did. It’s a great reminder on how to launch a new service: it’s not about the tech bloggers and wr…
Comment linking /english/2011/09/the-influencers-verdict-the-google-example.html
on “Google+: Social Media Upstart 'Worse Than a Ghost Town'”Submitted Disqus, Daniel Ha interview as a story · 10 points
HN discussionThere are a lot of nuggets of gold to be had around Eastern Europe, cheap (by Western standards) good talent being one. Some 20 years ago, mass brain drain was the norm. Today that is a lot less true. A potential problem would be that this talent is less versed in modern agile technologies and methodologies. They know enterprisey stuff like Java and Microsoft stacks, because that's what the local employement market…
Comment linking /english/2012/03/who-wants-a-great-engineering-team-in-bucharest-please-help-me-spread-the-word.html
on “Startup scene in Eastern Europe is steaming hot Weekly update.”Submitted Of course we’re hole fillers and why no-one should depend on only one platform as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Should Michael Arrington Be Invited Back At LeWeb Next Year? as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Loic Le Meur Blog: Tough times. Tough decisions. as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tech Writers In Denial: The Michael Arrington Case Study as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Loic Le Meur - How I started Seesmic and raised $6 million as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Loic Le Meur Blog: The new nightmare of developers and brands as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How You Can Start A Business With Passion as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted After domain squatting, here comes online identity squatting as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reasons Why Video Comments Will Work as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sprint iPhone 4S useless in Europe? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How To Be Successful On Youtube as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Challenges of the startup entrepreneur and where is social software going as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 100% of the members of my team in Bucharest found a job in 3 weeks as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I follow thousands of friends on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed and Seesmic as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My social map is totally decentralized but I want it back on my blog as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Loic Le Meur's take on Highlight as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Path is where the A list hangs out, don’t tell anyone. as a story · 1 points
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