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Jon Fox
Personal blog · jonefox.com/blogprogrammingstartups
Jon Fox's personal blog at jonefox.com covers programming and startups. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Five Tips for (TechStars) Startups”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only one comment, in a thread on choosing YC or TechStars, recounts a 2007 accelerator experience. It does not discuss the blog's writing, so the linked posts' subject is unclear from the comments.
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?
- Five Tips for (TechStars) Startups2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-06-10
What Hacker News says?
I went through the program in 2007 in Boulder (the first year they were offering it) with Brightkite. I'd definitely recommend doing it, it's more than worth it. To answer your specific questions: a) It's primarily about the team. Assemble a founding team that has a history/evidence of being able to execute. You can do that by either having an impressive resume, or (in my case back at the time) demoing software that…
Comment linking /blog/2008/06/08/tips-for-techstars-teams/
on “Ask HN: YC in SF or TechStars in NYC?”Submitted Torbit – Making Websites Faster as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted JavaScript Performance Tips as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted You are not your company as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Goodbye Automattic & IntenseDebate as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Five Tips for (TechStars) Startups as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
