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Henrik Zillmer

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Henrik Zillmer's personal blog at henrikzillmer.com covers startups and business. Since 2014, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “The Difference Between Rocket Internet and Y Combinator”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2014–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2014

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for its posts on Y Combinator application and interview advice. One commenter cites his posts as resources used when preparing for the YC interview.

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.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. The Difference Between Rocket Internet and Y Combinator
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-08-24

What Hacker News says?

  1. Sure. We simply emailed other YC founders asking if they had advice on the interview process. The questions are no secret. It's really only 3 questions: 1. what are you working on. 2. How do you grow. 3. How does this become a billion dollar company. Articulating the problem, how it scales and is defensible is key. Here are a few links we used - http://henrikzillmer.com/dos-and-donts-at-the-y-combinator-i... - http:…

    Comment linking /dos-and-donts-at-the-y-combinator-interview

    on “YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections”
  2. Submitted Justice-as-a-Service as a story · 144 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The Difference Between Rocket Internet and Y Combinator as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted What Every Future Entrepreneur Needs to Know, Part 1 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The difference between Rocket Internet and Y Combinator as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted The Difference Between Rocket Internet and Y Combinator as a story · 1 points

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