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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.
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?
- 10 Reasons Your Startup Will Fail3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-09-28
- Seattle 2.0: From humble beginnings to a new home at GeekWire2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-01
What Hacker News says?
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)”Submitted Google is about to learn a tough lesson as a story · 372 points
HN discussionAgreed. 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?”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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HN discussionSubmitted 10 Reasons Your Startup Will Fail as a story · 4 points
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HN discussionSubmitted 10 Reasons Your Startup Will Fail as a story · 2 points
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