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Matt Blumberg

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Matt Blumberg writes The Startup CEO blog, a personal blog at onlyonceblog.com about startups and business. Since 2010, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “What Makes an Awesome Board Member”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.

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17mentions?
15HN people?
2010–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Matt Blumberg's blog for posts on leaving a job, workplace practices, and a multi-part series on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and COVID-era state stockpiles.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

The Startup CEO blog by Matt Blumberg, Author and 4x Founder/CEO

Most-linked posts?

  1. What Makes an Awesome Board Member
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-02-04
  2. How to Quit Your Job
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-13

What Hacker News says?

  1. Did you give them a ton of advance warning when you left? http://www.onlyonceblog.com/2013/09/how-to-quit-your-job

    Comment linking /2013/09/how-to-quit-your-job

    on “How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal”
  2. Submitted What Does a CEO Do Anyway? as a story · 35 points

    HN discussion
  3. avip · 2020-04-04Recommends
    https://www.onlyonceblog.com/2020/04/state-of-colorado-covid... >Seems like it’s neither strategic nor a stockpile (The whole sequence makes a concise and well worth read)

    Comment linking /2020/04/state-of-colorado-covid-19-innovation-response-team-part-iii-gearing-up-days-4-6

    on “What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?”
  4. Submitted How to Quit Your Job as a story · 34 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Why CEOs Shouldn’t Mess with Engineers as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Why CEOs Shouldn’t Mess with Engineers as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted The Best Laid Plans, Part III as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Building the Company vs Building the Business as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Pret a Manager as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted The Three Functions of a Management Team as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted (company) board benchmarking survey as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Scaling Me as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted What Makes an Awesome Board Member as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted What Makes an Awesome Board Member as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Selling a Line of Business as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Book Short: There is No Blueprint to $1B as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Investment in the Email Ecosystem as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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