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blog.calbucci.com is a personal blog at blog.calbucci.com about startups, business and culture. Since 2009, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 38 times, most often “10 Reasons Your Startup Will Fail”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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38mentions?
10HN people?
2009–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 11 in 2012

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link a 2013 post listing reasons a startup will or won't fail, which one commenter cites in a discussion of startup marketing sites and design.

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. 10 Reasons Your Startup Will Fail
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-09-28
  2. Seattle 2.0: From humble beginnings to a new home at GeekWire
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. 1) This post is not about technical skills or competency, it’s about a person-company fit and motivation. If you hire an average developer you expect average results, and if you hire an awesome developer you expect an awesome product. But what if this developer has the skills but not the motivation? What if after he joins your startup he realizes it’s not what he was really looking for? The impact on your team will…

    Comment linking /2011/12/seattle-20-from-humble-beginnings-to.html

    on “The Curious Story of the Smart Developer Who Couldn't Find a Job (he liked)”
  2. Submitted Google is about to learn a tough lesson as a story · 372 points

    HN discussion
  3. oldy · 2013-10-29Recommends
    Agreed. It's seductive though; 'designing' the marketing site also involves imagining all those users that are going to visit the site and know instantly that it solves their problem. Marcelo Calbucci provides a good checklist of reasons your Startup will or won't fail http://blog.calbucci.com/2013/09/10-reasons-your-startup-wil... . You're unlikely to fail if the "logo was ugly, or the name of the company was bad"

    Comment linking /2013/09/10-reasons-your-startup-will-fail.html

    on “Poll: How do you create the website for your startup or side project?”
  4. Submitted The Curious Story of the Smart Developer Who Couldn't Find a Job (he liked) as a story · 110 points

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  5. Submitted My outdated Computer Science degree: Was it a waste of time? as a story · 23 points

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  6. Submitted Sampa: From Birth to Death (A Startup's Journey) as a story · 19 points

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  7. Submitted Android is the new Windows CE. as a story · 12 points

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  8. Submitted Hungry: We just raised $2.6MM To Build EveryMove as a story · 12 points

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  9. Submitted Tips for Recently Fired Microsoft Employees as a story · 6 points

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  10. Submitted Co-founder search: How did a business guy score me? as a story · 5 points

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  11. Submitted Open letter to Larry Page: Let's spin off blogger as a story · 4 points

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  12. Submitted Disrupting healthcare through experience (IRT: Bill Gurley) as a story · 4 points

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  13. Submitted 10 Reasons Your Startup Will Fail as a story · 4 points

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  14. Submitted Managing Super Developers as a story · 4 points

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  15. Submitted The 11 Emotions of SXSW (from The Intense to The Unforgettable) as a story · 4 points

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  16. Submitted LinkedIn Endorsements == Facebook Likes as a story · 3 points

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  17. Submitted The Broken Mobile App Model of Today as a story · 3 points

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  18. Submitted Don't waste your time partnering with a Health Insurance company as a story · 3 points

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  19. Submitted You're Measuring the Wrong Thing, Dave McClure as a story · 3 points

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  20. Submitted Three unusual sources of startup ideas as a story · 2 points

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  21. Submitted F8: The conference that was supposed to be for you as a story · 2 points

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  22. Submitted Building a product people will use for 5+ years as a story · 2 points

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  23. Submitted How to conduct an exit interview at a startup? as a story · 2 points

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  24. Submitted Is the Mobile Developer crunch over? as a story · 2 points

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  25. Submitted 10 Reasons Your Startup Will Fail as a story · 2 points

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  26. Submitted A day in the life of a startup CTO as a story · 2 points

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  27. Submitted Which feature you’re going to remove next? as a story · 2 points

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  28. Submitted The Future of Software Development Will Be Online as a story · 2 points

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  29. Submitted Seattle 2.0: From humble beginnings to a new home at GeekWire as a story · 2 points

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  30. Submitted My Life with 4 Browsers as a story · 2 points

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