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leostartsup.com is a personal blog at leostartsup.com about startups and career. Since 2011, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 41 times, most often “Why we are taking our startup to Hong Kong and other crazy stories of 2011”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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2011–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 25 in 2012

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Why HN links it

The linked post explains why the author's team moved to Hong Kong to start a startup. One commenter cites it while discussing the H1B visa route. Comments do not judge the writing.

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?

  1. Why we are taking our startup to Hong Kong and other crazy stories of 2011
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-18

What Hacker News says?

  1. Seems they just moved here to do a startup, then applied too late for a H1B visa. They don't seem too bothered by it. They get to live in Hong Kong! Sounds awesome to me. http://leostartsup.com/2011/12/why-we-are-taking-our-startup... I didn't think getting a H1B visa was that easy, though. You just move to the US and apply? It doesn't work that way, does it? Don't you need to have a job and somehow justify that you…

    Comment linking /2011/12/why-we-are-taking-our-startup-to-hong-kong-and-other-crazy-stories-of-2011/

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  2. Submitted The importance of sleep in a startup as a story · 113 points

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  3. Submitted How going to the gym makes you stronger as a story · 113 points

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  4. Submitted The Full Guide To Get Press Coverage For Your Startup as a story · 97 points

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  5. Submitted Why we are taking our startup to Hong Kong and other crazy stories of 2011 as a story · 93 points

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  6. Submitted Why there are no children and we should think less as a story · 90 points

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  7. Submitted The myth of doing “that one thing” as a story · 84 points

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  8. Submitted The first people using your product are an amazing breed as a story · 74 points

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  9. Submitted What’s the worst thing that can happen? as a story · 51 points

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  10. Submitted Why we are much smarter than we think we are as a story · 43 points

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  11. Submitted Why we should stop thinking as a story · 42 points

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  12. Submitted How to get started with anything as a story · 41 points

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  13. Submitted Growing Like Bamboo as a story · 38 points

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  14. Submitted Why you should market your startup earlier than you think as a story · 37 points

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  15. Submitted On being happy as a story · 36 points

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  16. Submitted Who Are The 5 People You Spend Time With? as a story · 29 points

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  17. Submitted Make the decisions you take the ones that actually count as a story · 28 points

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  18. Submitted Why I dropped out of college to work on a startup as a story · 27 points

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  19. Submitted Why we are taking our startup to Tel Aviv as a story · 22 points

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  20. Submitted Slowing Down as a story · 21 points

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  21. Submitted Why do we have so many lives? as a story · 21 points

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  22. Submitted Everyone in your startup is a marketer as a story · 20 points

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  23. Submitted How I used Guest Blogging For My Startup as a story · 19 points

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  24. Submitted Reasons Why Your Startup Needs A Fully Built Out Blog as a story · 18 points

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  25. Submitted Personal Transparency as a story · 9 points

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  26. Submitted Thoughts On Building Your Startup Whilst In College as a story · 8 points

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  27. Submitted How to ask someone for help via email as a story · 7 points

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  28. Submitted How To Get Advice For Your Startup as a story · 4 points

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  29. Submitted How do you find the right Co-Founder? as a story · 4 points

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  30. Submitted Be The Best User Of Your Own Product as a story · 4 points

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