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Kilometer.io

Company blog · kilometer.io/blog · on HN as tzipisstartupsbusiness

Kilometer.io is the company blog at kilometer.io, writing about startups and business. Since 2015, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 60 times, most often “Don’t build anything until you have a clear startup mission”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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60mentions?
20HN people?
2015–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 53 in 2015

Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Kilometer.io is an analytics startup whose blog covers startup ideas, marketing hacks and talking to users before building. HN commenters point to the posts as startup advice and to the blog as a record of building a company.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Kilometer.io - Automate boring tasks by adding Machine Learning to tools such as CRM, Marketing Automation and Help-desk software

The author on HN?

tzipis · 32 karma · member since 2016

Customer success in Kilometer.io, the world's simplest analytics tool

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Don’t build anything until you have a clear startup mission
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-05-26
  2. /
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-05-20
  3. What's it like running 2 startups at the same time
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-06-09
  4. Do you think startups should focus on very small markets?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-07
  5. How we were submitted to Product Hunt and nothing happened
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-05-27
  6. The importance of talking to potential users before building a product
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-06-07
  7. Show HN: Kilometer.io – Analytics for Startups
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-05-18

What Hacker News says?

  1. Seth_R · 2015-06-21Recommends
    Keep on building it and make it happen. We wrote two blog posts that you might find useful if you're in this kind of situation: 1. Why you should share your “secret” startup idea with anyone who will listen: http://www.kilometer.io/blog/why-you-should-share-your-secre... 2. Don’t build anything until you have a clear startup mission http://www.kilometer.io/blog/dont-build-anything-until-you-h...

    Comment linking /blog/dont-build-anything-until-you-have-clear-startup-mission/

    on “Ask HN: What do you do if someone is already building what you wanted to build?”
  2. Submitted How we were building the wrong product as a story · 58 points

    HN discussion
  3. Yeah we also see these on our analytics. There's a thing called spamninja that handles this, see at http://ninjaspam.com/ We will soon start working with this new analytics tool - Kilometer.io that will most chances be very good tool and a nice competitor. They now have this beta waiting list for a month at - http://www.kilometer.io

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Why doesn't Google Analytics fix this?”
  4. Submitted The importance of talking to potential users before building a product as a story · 20 points

    HN discussion
  5. check out http://kilometer.io/ - simple way to track key events

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: Simple alternative to Google Analytics”
  6. Submitted How we were submitted to Product Hunt and nothing happened as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  7. DavidGN · 2015-07-09Recommends
    I suggest you have a visit to Kilometer.io (Blog and Community). They have an analytics tool which will only launch in a few months but are doing great job on reaching to potential costumers. See their shared Marketing Hacks - http://kilometer.io/community/forum/thread-category/marketin... And this post http://www.kilometer.io/blog/talk-to-your-future-users-befor... Talk to your future users before building a product

    Comment linking /blog/talk-to-your-future-users-before-building-the-product/

    on “Ask HN: What can we do to attract more potential customers?”
  8. Submitted Don’t build anything until you have a clear startup mission as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  9. Hi, We haven't launched our startup yet, but we are writing about our marketing techniqes and the things we do in order to bring more future beta users. See our Marketing Hacks here: http://kilometer.io/community/forum/thread-category/marketin... and if you find it useful - feel free to share it :)

    Comment linking /community/forum/thread-category/marketing-hacks/

    on “Ask HN: I'm launching my startup in 3 days”
  10. Submitted The Importance of Building a Community Around Your Product as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  11. I believe there are too many alternatives and it is just a matter of what exactly are you searching for in an analytics tool and what are your needs. People actually looking for different kinds of metrics when using analytics tools. http://www.woopra.com is a great tool but their pricing is a bit high for the amount of events you described in your question. They also include analytics for web. http://www.kilometer.i…

    Comment linking /

    on “Alternatives to Mixpanel?”
  12. Submitted Being featured on Product Hunt without a product as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  13. Good Question. i suggest you to go and check Kilometer's blog. Kilometer is now building a new startup, and they are documenting their journey from an idea to 1000 customers. http://www.kilometer.io/blog/

    Comment linking /blog/

    on “What is the best way to attract your first 10k users?”
  14. Submitted Our Product Hunt Experience Wasn't So Good :/ as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  15. http://kilometer.io is a new promising analytics tool made for startups

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: What are the current best web analytics tools?”
  16. Submitted Startup's Journey from an Idea to 1000 Customers as a story · 9 points

    HN discussion
  17. Here's the link for our mockups http://kilometer.io/community/forum/thread/help-us-choose-th...

    Comment linking /community/forum/thread/help-us-choose-the-on-boarding-process/

    on “Ask HN: What is the right on-boarding process for our new analytics product?”
  18. Submitted Why and How You Should Build a Community Around Your Startup as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  19. There's a new event-based analytics tool launching soon - http://www.kilometer.io

    Comment linking /

    on “Data Analytics for Marketing”
  20. Submitted Show HN: Kilometer.io – Analytics for Startups as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted A Startup Journey Story as a story · 7 points

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  22. Submitted What's it like running 2 startups at the same time as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Sharing your secret startup idea is not a bad idea as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  24. Submitted Don’t Build Anything Until You Have a Clear Startup Mission as a story · 7 points

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  25. Submitted Can You Help Us Build the Perfect Analytics Tool for Startups? as a story · 7 points

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  26. Submitted Do you think startups should focus on very small markets? as a story · 5 points

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  27. Submitted Why we’re making our product roadmap public as a story · 4 points

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  28. Submitted Why and How You Should Build a Community Around Your Startup as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  29. Submitted Analytics dashboard design critique as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  30. Submitted Why startups should focus on a very small market as a story · 4 points

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