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David Jackson

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David Jackson writes A Founder's Notebook, a personal blog at davidjaxon.wordpress.com about startups and business. Since 2013, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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2013–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2015

The best I've read on building a startup, by David Jackson, Founder of Seeking Alpha.

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  1. Submitted Founder's Notebook (By Seeking Alpha's Founder) as a story · 2 points

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  2. Submitted Product discovery questions to ask potential customers as a story · 2 points

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  3. Submitted How truly great entrepreneurs manage their time – A Founder's Notebook as a story · 2 points

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  4. Submitted Don’t send non-urgent emails outside work hours as a story · 2 points

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  5. Submitted The Power of Asking Questions: What Warren Buffett Asked Bill Gates as a story · 1 points

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  6. Submitted Why Startups Should Reject Most Partnerships as a story · 1 points

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  7. Submitted Achieving Growth with No Marketing Is Not Impressive as a story · 1 points

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  8. Submitted The key metric for your startup must satisfy these 4 criteria as a story · 1 points

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  9. Submitted Fred Wilson says Product Market Fit Enough For A Seed Round as a story · 1 points

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  10. Submitted The 5 Psychological Traits of Successful Startup Founders as a story · 1 points

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  11. Submitted Steve Jobs’ approach to marketing as a story · 1 points

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  12. Submitted 1m Why you're not at a disadvantage if you're a first time entrepreneur as a story · 1 points

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  13. Submitted Simple litmus test for disruptive companies as a story · 1 points

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