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being practical is a personal blog at beingpractical.com about startups and business. Since 2011, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Best advice any entrepreneur can ever get...”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.

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23mentions?
7HN people?
2011–2014first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2012

Most-linked posts?

  1. Best advice any entrepreneur can ever get...
    2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-07-20
  2. 475 Days of Unemployment
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-10-17

What Hacker News says?

  1. hey buddy, this might help. Best advice any entrepreneur can ever get! - http://www.beingpractical.com/2012/02/03/best-advice-any-ent...

    Comment linking /2012/02/03/best-advice-any-entrepreneur-can-ever-get/

    on “I am depressed and I need someone to talk to”
  2. Submitted Dear Accelerators as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Read this - http://www.beingpractical.com/2012/02/03/best-advice-any-ent... It will really help a lot.

    Comment linking /2012/02/03/best-advice-any-entrepreneur-can-ever-get/

    on “How can I get out of a mountain of grad school debt?”
  4. Submitted Collective learning from 20 early stage startups from India as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Why LinkedIn should acquire AngelList as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Facebook, its time you fix yourself and be relevant as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Few Things I Learned As A Entrepreneur in Last One Year as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Facebook Pages: No one is talking about you as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Rethinking Facebook Connect as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Before you start with Growth Hacking as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Naming your startup right as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Another good way to collect User Feedback as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted 475 Days of Unemployment as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted Future of Search: A Search without Links as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted API based Advertising. Maybe Google lost a Billion Dollar Opportunity… as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Best advice any entrepreneur can ever get... as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Google in its mid-life crisis as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. Submitted So how do you get ideas for a disruptive startup? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. Submitted 15 Steps towards building a Great Product as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Graph Search: What Zuck said as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted 475 Days of Unemployment (Read Entrepreneurship) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. Submitted Forget coding. Startup founders should focus on Product & Design. as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Why Mobile First is not the Right Strategy as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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