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Alex Iskold

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Alex Iskold's personal blog at alexiskold.net covers startups and business. Since 2014, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “How to write a forwardable email introduction”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.

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21HN people?
2014–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2015

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Alex Iskold's blog for advice on getting email introductions. One commenter points to his post on writing forwardable introduction emails alongside other posts on the same topic.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. How to write a forwardable email introduction
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-04-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. ivankirigin · 2016-04-13Recommends
    Here are some other great posts about this: http://also.roybahat.com/post/92544681186/introductions-and-... https://alexiskold.net/2015/06/24/how-to-write-a-forwardable... http://avc.com/2009/11/the-double-optin-introduction/

    Comment linking /2015/06/24/how-to-write-a-forwardable-introduction-email/

    on “How to Get an Email Intro”
  2. Submitted The real tech behind 7 Techstars grad as a story · 17 points

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  3. Submitted The Tech behind 7 Techstars Companies as a story · 14 points

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  4. Submitted Why Customer Network is the next big thing that every startup needs to master as a story · 13 points

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  5. Submitted Opportunities in 2020 and Beyond as a story · 3 points

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  6. Submitted 8 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNow ABOUT RAISING VENTURE CAPITAL as a story · 3 points

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  7. Submitted Seed Funding Gotchas as a story · 3 points

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  8. Submitted How to Create the Future as a story · 2 points

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  9. Submitted All of Alex Iskold Startups Hacks Posts as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted What Is Your *Customer's* Elevator Pitch for Your Startup? as a story · 2 points

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  11. Submitted 5 REASONS WHY Now IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR Your STARTUP as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted Re-think Viability of your MVP as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted Action and Idea Lists for Lean Startups as a story · 2 points

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  14. Submitted Personal and Painful reasons why Founders do not get the investment as a story · 1 points

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  15. Submitted Self-care: 8 Tips for Founders to take care of themselves as a story · 1 points

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  16. Submitted Thank you for everything, Techstars ️ as a story · 1 points

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  17. Submitted Why Founder-Market Fit is so important (2016) as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted How to write a forwardable email introduction as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted How a seed-stage company can run a simple and effective board meeting as a story · 1 points

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  20. Submitted 11 Questions Founders Need to Ask Investors During the First Meeting as a story · 1 points

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  21. Submitted 7 Things That Define Great Founding Teams as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted Don't Take Intros from Investors Who Aren't Investing in You as a story · 1 points

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