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Personal blog · alexstechthoughts.comstartupscareer
Tumblr is a personal blog at alexstechthoughts.com about startups and career. Since 2012, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 147 times. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked by one commenter in an HN thread on getting traction on Hacker News, but the comment cites a different article (groovehq.com) rather than any post on this blog.
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.
Building Upstream. Cofounder of SocialRank (acq by Trufan), ex-BD at Dwolla & Aviary. Co-Author of Pitching and Closing. Liz Taub is my better half. Click Here To Buy My Book!
What Hacker News says?
BTW I found some great insights in following article and its comments about posting on HN. https://www.groovehq.com/blog/hacker-news Especially a comment, which says "My point is simple. Find something worth writing about that the HN community is hungry for, and come up with a good title for the post. No need to manually market your post on twitter or to your friends. Just post and watch your real-time analytics soa…
Comment linking /post/29406022580/how-to-get-on-the-frontpage-of-hacker-news
on “Ask HN: How to get lucky with Hacker News?”Submitted Stop Glorifying Hard Work and Long Hours as a story · 477 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Startup Life Is Not For Everyone as a story · 160 points
HN discussionSubmitted Stealth Startups Are Stupid as a story · 87 points
HN discussionSubmitted Given The Opportunity: Should You Do TechStars or YC? as a story · 55 points
HN discussionSubmitted How To Win A Hackathon as a story · 48 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Next Big Consumer Application Will Possibly Not Come From An Accelerator as a story · 34 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can You Trust An Early-Stage VC With a HIR and EIR? as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted What’s Your API Strategy? as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can Developers Really Be Bought Off To Build At Hackathons? as a story · 27 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data from two years of blogging with no SEO as a story · 19 points
HN discussionSubmitted How To Get On The Frontpage of Hacker News as a story · 19 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Companies Don’t Do Accelerator Programs as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Raising Money From Top Tier VC Firms Means Less Than You Think as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dealing With Jerks as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Wide Spectrum of Being A Slave To Your Email as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Leaving A Startup On Good Terms as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Biz Dev Documentation as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Would Anyone Care If Your Startup Disappeared? as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thoughts On Braintree + PayPal Alliance (From Someone In The Payments Space) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Didn’t Sign Up For This as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Taking the Leap: From Banking to Tech as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Teespring Experiment as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 4 Things People Need To Stop Saying In The Startup World as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted I’m Soo Busy. I’m Soo Tired. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Proper Way To Ask If You Can Make An Introduction as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I Spent A Month In Iowa For My Startup as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Take Tech News With A Grain Of Salt as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Snapchat is worth more than $3B as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Many Meetings Does It Take To Close A Deal? as a story · 2 points
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