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Dave Bailey
Personal blog · medium.dave-bailey.comstartupsbusiness
Dave Bailey's personal blog at medium.dave-bailey.com covers startups and business. Since 2016, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 151 times, most often “A guide to difficult conversations”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for productivity and workplace advice, such as a guide to delivering constructive feedback. The one comment is about the Medium repost lacking attribution to the original site, not 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?
- A guide to difficult conversations2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-03-26
- How to Sell the Problem Before Selling the Solution2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-07-24
What Hacker News says?
Maybe add a 2019 on the title? Feels strange to read on the title header: PRODUCTIVITY TIPS AND APPS by PRODUCTIVITY HUB like if it was an original article from the website but at the very end there is the note 'All Rights Reserved for Dave Bailey' without any link to the original source: https://medium.dave-bailey.com/the-essential-guide-to-diffic... which is taken from Dave Bailey website ( https://www.dave-bailey…
Comment linking /the-essential-guide-to-difficult-conversations-41f736e63ccf
on “How to deliver constructive feedback in difficult situations (2019)”Submitted A guide to difficult conversations as a story · 1829 points
HN discussionSubmitted The art of not taking things personally as a story · 451 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Art of Writing One-Sentence Product Descriptions as a story · 335 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Founders Fail To Market Their Products as a story · 276 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to resolve a conflict when both sides are right as a story · 275 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Art of Thinking Long-Term Even When Money Is Running Out as a story · 223 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Generalised Problems Kill Startups as a story · 143 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Silent Cause of Bad Business Decisions as a story · 95 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Upskill Your Team (When You Don’t Have Time) as a story · 29 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Celebrate the Small Wins in a Startup as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Fastest Way to Become a Thought Leader as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Set Boundaries with Your Startup as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to under-complicate your product as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Communication Patterns for Leadership as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted What to Do If Your Startup Feels Too Slow as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2017 will be the year of interactive email as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Shocking Rules Can Shape Your Company’s Culture as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Set Expectations with New Hires at a Startup as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Early-Stage Founders Can Negotiate Their Salary as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Remove Limiting Beliefs from Your Team as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Help Your Team Think for Themselves as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Build a Long-Term Relationship (With Your Co-Founder) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Hold Your Team Accountable as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Three Principles to Staying Sane While Running a Startup as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted 36 Fundraising Hacks as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Engineer's Guide to Storytelling as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Principles of Early-Stage Product Development as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Manager’s Guide to Holding Your Team Accountable as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The meeting format that creates high performing leadership teams as a story · 3 points
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