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Maxklein
Personal blog · maxkle.in · on HN as maxkleinstartupsbusiness
Maxklein is a personal blog at maxkle.in about startups and business. Since 2010, 45 different Hacker News readers have linked it 67 times, most often “Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (14) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Max Klein's posts on startups, getting rich, leaving Europe for China, outsourcing design work, and a dating-site scam. Few comments judge the writing itself.
- Recommended for · 3 comments
- Good tips on managing outsourced projects; suggested reading on finding startup problems and on leaving Europe.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 14 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2010-07-26
- The cheapest way to discover if a startup will make money (using Twitter)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-02-22
- Delete your list of startup ideas, they are holding you back3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-01-09
- Programming is an easy way to procrastinate3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-07-05
- How angel investors are destroying young gullible programming talent2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-08-18
- I’m not an enterpreneur, I’m a dirty hack2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-06-02
- Writing software like you were making movies2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-01-22
- Your high IQ will kill your startup2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-08-17
What Hacker News says?
Nah, you don't want a million dollars. Some people do: http://maxkle.in/do-you-really-want-to-be-rich/
Comment linking /do-you-really-want-to-be-rich/
on “You don't really want a million dollars”Submitted How angel investors are destroying young gullible programming talent as a story · 148 points
HN discussionhttp://maxkle.in/how-to-become-rich-even-if-nobody-is-follow...
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on “App Store Milestone: $10K”Submitted Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China as a story · 97 points
HN discussionThis has been done: http://maxkle.in/how-elite-dating-sites-scam-people/
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on “WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – And One Huge Scam”Submitted Drug dealers shouldn't make iPhone apps as a story · 76 points
HN discussionAs much as I'm NOT here to stick up for Nic and his site, he is telling the truth that this is a 3rd party service. http://www.intellichat.com/demo is one of a number of services like that. You put a tiny fake-ai-chatbot on the page to help with conversions. Here in Toronto, I interviewed once with a dating site similar dating site similar to WooMee /* on second thought I won't link to them */ who "Seem" to be doing…
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on “WooMe: TechCrunch40 Finalist, $20 Million In Funding – And One Huge Scam”Submitted Being unhappy running a successful business as a story · 58 points
HN discussionAccording 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/
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on “Why Germans have higher productivity and longer vacations”Submitted A chinese villager who sells more software daily than you do as a story · 51 points
HN discussionWave 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-...
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on “Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications”Submitted Programming is an easy way to procrastinate as a story · 48 points
HN discussionI 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?
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on “Why do Startups Fear their Idea?”Submitted How to be successful: steal ideas and copy people as a story · 42 points
HN discussionI 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.
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on “New visa will boost UK high-tech sector”Submitted Your high IQ will kill your startup as a story · 41 points
HN discussionThis 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/
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on “US Immigration System Sucks, if you are a Founder ”Submitted How I destroyed my startup as a story · 26 points
HN discussionSo... 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-mont... [c] http://maxkle.in/your-high-iq-will-kill-your-star…
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on “I'm not real because my facebook profile is private ”Submitted Delete your list of startup ideas, they are holding you back as a story · 24 points
HN discussionFor 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…
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on “How I destroyed my startup”Submitted Max Klein's top secret private mailing list as a story · 19 points
HN discussionYou may check this blog post by @maxklein http://maxkle.in/the-cheapest-way-to-discover-if-a-startup-i...
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on “Ask HN: How to monitor Twitter etc. for people having the problem you solve?”Submitted I’m not an enterpreneur, I’m a dirty hack as a story · 15 points
HN discussionI 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-rentaco...
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on “Ask HN: How do you outsource design and development?”Submitted The cheapest way to discover if a startup will make money (using Twitter) as a story · 13 points
HN discussionlink is "404 page not found" error. Is this the one you intended? http://maxkle.in/how-angel-investors-destroy-talent/
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on “The silent crowd that kills angels”Submitted How I ended high turnover with our filipino workers as a story · 11 points
HN discussionSubmitted Paying programmers or designers hourly works against your best interest as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building your own paypal mafia as a story · 8 points
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