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Jason Evanish
Personal blog · jasonevanish.com · on HN as jevanishbusinessstartups
Jason Evanish's personal blog at jasonevanish.com covers business and startups. Since 2009, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 58 times, most often “101 Questions to Ask in One on Ones”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Startup and career how-to posts, including lists of questions for one-on-ones, ways to find first users, moving to Silicon Valley, and San Francisco apartment tips. HN commenters link his lists when answering related questions.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Posts with strategies and tactics on building great products and how to be a better leader
Most-linked posts?
- 101 Questions to Ask in One on Ones3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-07-10
- What I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-01-17
- 95 ways to find your first customers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-08-11
- How to Help your Employees Move to San Francisco2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-15
- How to find an apartment in San Francisco during the tech boom2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-05-20
What Hacker News says?
Recently, I came across this list: https://jasonevanish.com/2014/05/29/101-questions-to-ask-in-... Haven't tried it yet, but might help you to change your one-on-ones.
Comment linking /2014/05/29/101-questions-to-ask-in-1-on-1s/
on “Show HN: A Senior Engineer's CheckList”Submitted What I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco as a story · 592 points
HN discussion8-10 is a big team. That's when you should think abotu splitting up your team beyond you managing everyone because it is as you suggest hard to give everyone attention. As for hoarseness: ask more questions and talk less. - These can help: http://jasonevanish.com/2014/05/29/101-questions-to-ask-in-1...
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on “Management things I learned at Imgur”Submitted Why you should take your 20's seriously as a story · 235 points
HN discussionI read this piece; I then went to his recommended book list[1] to see what he classed as reading. I'm afraid to say, it is (with a couple of notable exceptions) one of the most conformist, populist and lacking in adventure reading lists I've read for a long time. Simply put, he isn't reading ; he is picking up whatever is the "top 10 list of <subject X> from AMZN or Good Reads" and digesting it in a very conventiona…
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on “Do you really read?”Submitted Why Netflix should buy AMC as a story · 144 points
HN discussionare people searching for your idea on google? then make an ad and a landing page. or posting about the problem your solving on twitter? contact them to see if you can talk with them about it. here's a couple links on getting first users: http://blog.lifecycle.io/how-to-get-first-users/ https://jasonevanish.com/2013/08/11/95-ways-to-find-your-fir... Here's a good article on how grubhub got off the ground and found a…
Comment linking /2013/08/11/95-ways-to-find-your-first-customers-for-customer-development-or-your-first-sale/
on “Ask HN: Techy with a basic MVP, how do I find a partner?”Submitted Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read as a story · 140 points
HN discussionWe'll be rolling out more features, including a calendar over the next few weeks (calendar is next week). Stay tuned. We have a webshow we do to chronicle events, which is what I think Ajay is referencing. While we were in transition to launching our beta from our alpha, we've been hosting the show on my personal blog: http://jasonevanish.com/2009/11/15/greenhorntv-episode-2-glo... and on DartBoston's site: http://d…
Comment linking /2009/11/15/greenhorntv-episode-2-global-entrepreneurship-week/
on “Ask YC: Any entrepreneurial events in Boston around Thanksgiving week?”Submitted Do you really read? as a story · 95 points
HN discussionRead HN ;-) http://jasonevanish.com/2013/01/17/25-things-i-wish-i-knew-b...
Comment linking /2013/01/17/25-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-moving-to-san-francisco/
on “Ask HN: 20, Programmer, Germany. Moving to Silicon Valley, What Should I Know?”Submitted How to find an apartment in San Francisco during the tech boom as a story · 87 points
HN discussionGreat advice referencing Padmapper and Lovely, along with essential rental tips: http://jasonevanish.com/2012/05/20/sf-startup-survival-guide...
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on “Ask HN: Looking for an apartment in San Fran. Can anyone help?”Submitted Founders: You don't own your employees as a story · 73 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Travis Kalanick is going to be a Transportation Rockefeller as a story · 35 points
HN discussionSubmitted What the Kickstarter Hangover will do to the 3D Printing industry as a story · 25 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why are there so many bad managers? as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why you should read 100 books as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted 95 ways to find your first customers as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Consumer 3D Printing Companies Should Think Twice About Fundraising as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to do a Jobs To Be Done interview as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pitfalls of Customer Feedback That Create Bad Products as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lessons and Spicy Takes on Being a Software Product Manager as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 101 Questions to Ask in One on Ones as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 25 Things I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The unscientific causes and cure to Burnout as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Choosing between Boston or San Francisco as a Young Entrepreneur as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Want to Be the *Second* First PM at a Startup as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to make your team love you for less than $10 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A guide to finding your meaning of life as a story · 2 points
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