> Both his PSAs and his material on marketing and business are a real service to everyone. That's why they've been so popular on HN for years.

HN loves startup porn, but how is this any different than how self-help books are marketed?

Distrust anyone who makes a business out of telling other businesses how to be successful in business because of how they're successful in business.

The people who are successful don't have time to run consultancies, and anyone that knows anything about consultancies knows that the lessons you learn there are very different than what's useful and necessary for product companies.