It's also worth noting that 1) HN is it's own market now, with people who sell into the crowd, and 2) "I'm an expert on X" is becoming a cottage industry, with folks claiming to know all sorts of interesting things that may or may not be true.
Not trying to be cynical. Once again, my goal here is to separate the things we consume on HN from the actual business models in the background. Yep, it's certainly not as simple as $ per Twitter followers. There's also a Heisenberg Effect here, where the closer the HN audience looks at a thing, the more distorted the results we get are.
I'm a big fan of Brennan and Nathan's. I've also spent quite a bit of money on things the HN crowd thought was cool for startups which didn't amount to a hill of beans. It's very difficult having a discussion with 100K of your best buds about ways to find your own way in the X arena. Too many slightly diverse interests all playing out at the same time in the same forum :)
Geesh. I could start a list of high quality services offered by great HNers for startups. Things that, if you need them, could easily pay for themselves. Some of your stuff would be at the top of that list. It would not be a short list.
Not trying to be cynical. Once again, my goal here is to separate the things we consume on HN from the actual business models in the background. Yep, it's certainly not as simple as $ per Twitter followers. There's also a Heisenberg Effect here, where the closer the HN audience looks at a thing, the more distorted the results we get are.
I'm a big fan of Brennan and Nathan's. I've also spent quite a bit of money on things the HN crowd thought was cool for startups which didn't amount to a hill of beans. It's very difficult having a discussion with 100K of your best buds about ways to find your own way in the X arena. Too many slightly diverse interests all playing out at the same time in the same forum :)
Geesh. I could start a list of high quality services offered by great HNers for startups. Things that, if you need them, could easily pay for themselves. Some of your stuff would be at the top of that list. It would not be a short list.