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Jessica Mah
Personal blog · jessicamah.comstartupsbusiness
Jessica Mah's personal blog at jessicamah.com covers startups and business. Since 2008, 16 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “Self Confidence”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Startup and business-advice posts by a founder of inDinero, such as 'Your business idea sucks' and 'The CEO's job'. Commenters cite them on hiring generalists and QA, and some question her credibility.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Self Confidence2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-08-12
- The CEO's job2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-05-22
What Hacker News says?
I just wanted to get my facts and grammar right :-) Facts: http://jessicamah.com/blog/?page_id=2 Grammar: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authoress
Comment linking /blog/?page_id=2
on “Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Fail: Because they don't do anything”Submitted How much money should my company raise? as a story · 108 points
HN discussionTry contacting Jessica Mah ( http://jessicamah.com ). She has a similar story as yours and probably could give you better advice/guidance.
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on “Ask HN: I'm in 10th grade and I hate school. Any suggestions?”Submitted The CEO's job as a story · 106 points
HN discussionAgree. Having a seperate department can be helpful for large organizations, so that you can have one team supporting many products. However, if you prefer to hire generalists[1][2], then you can do away with it. Which is also a great away to mitigate Conway's Law[3] [1] http://jessicamah.com/the-ceos-job-part-2 [2] http://blog.eladgil.com/2010/12/5-myths-to-building-awesome-... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conwa…
Comment linking /the-ceos-job-part-2
on “QA? We don't need no stinking QA”Submitted Why 99% of Entrepreneurs Fail: Because they don't do anything as a story · 94 points
HN discussionI wonder if it's just a coincidence that http://jessicamah.com/ is offline at the moment?
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on “Geeks Uncensored chat with Jessica Mah CEO and Founder of inDinero”Submitted Your business idea sucks, and it's your job to figure out why as a story · 23 points
HN discussionFluff. Can someone explain why we're taking business advice from a college kid who's working on an embryonic startup, and other than that has only worked in internships? The red flag here is that the post does not relate any relevant business experiences and has a linkbait title. Here are some others that exhibit identical traits: * http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=641 * http://jessicamah.com/blog/?p=560 * http://jessi…
Comment linking /blog/?p=372
on “Your business idea sucks, and it's your job to figure out why”Submitted Raising Money as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Permission to Fail as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted She does what she hates as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted My company is post-revenue. as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Jessica Mah at Stanford ETL with Steve Blank (video) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self Confidence as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self Confidence as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Jessica Mah (InDinero) gets a condescending email proposal: "Business People" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Problem of Press as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I like to think about our public schools as... a lucrative enterprise? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Post inDinero Launch Update as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Indinero isn't "Freemium" as a story · 1 points
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