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    Coconut Headsets

    coconutheadsets.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008

    Coconut Headsets is a startup blog about fundraising, entrepreneurship and customer development, written from an entrepreneur's own experience.

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    What HN says

    HN links it for the Backupify account of raising a million dollars without a business plan, and for first-hand angel investor event reports.

    Stats for nerds
    17HN people shared it
    29linked in comments
    289story points
    Mar 2010last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      The Dark Side of Customer Development and Lean Startups
      1 person · 59 points · first shared 2009 · 34 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Raising $1,000,000 With No Business Plan + No Financial Projections
      1 person · 52 points · first shared 2010 · 6 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Entrepreneurship Is Not Sexy
      1 person · 48 points · first shared 2009 · 15 comments on HN
    4. 4
      My Business Magazines Lied to Me
      1 person · 39 points · first shared 2008 · 8 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Path Dependence of Startups
      1 person · 22 points · first shared 2009 · 7 comments on HN
    6. 6
      How MicroPublishing Is Killing The Nuances of Knowledge
      1 person · 12 points · first shared 2009 · 9 comments on HN
    7. 7
      Backupify CEO on Raising A Million Dollars For a Startup With No Business Plan
      2 people · 11 points · first shared 2010 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      Why You WANT VCs Who Ask Tough Questions
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2010 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      The Counterintuitive Effects of Cancel Culture
      1 person · 5 points · first shared 2020 · 2 comments on HN
    10. 10
      Be Careful When Discussing Your Competition
      2 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • dgallagherFeb 2010

      Robert May favorably mentioned this on his blog here: http://coconutheadsets.com/2010/01/27/the-first-hand-experience-of-an-enterpreneur-at-the-open-angel-forum/

      They received some funding for http://www.backupify.com/, which allows you to backup/restore data from social websites (Facebook, Twitter, etc...).

    • thieleMar 2010

      whoops, here's the link to the main article and not my comment, haha:

      http://coconutheadsets.com/2010/03/02/what-i-learned-raising-a-million-dollars-for-a-startup-with-no-business-plan-and-no-financial-projections-while-drinking-a-beer/

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