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Matt Blumberg
Personal blog · onlyonceblog.comstartupsbusiness
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.
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?
- What Makes an Awesome Board Member2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-02-04
- How to Quit Your Job2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-13
What Hacker News says?
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”Submitted What Does a CEO Do Anyway? as a story · 35 points
HN discussionhttps://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?”Submitted How to Quit Your Job as a story · 34 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why CEOs Shouldn’t Mess with Engineers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why CEOs Shouldn’t Mess with Engineers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Best Laid Plans, Part III as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building the Company vs Building the Business as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pret a Manager as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Three Functions of a Management Team as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted (company) board benchmarking survey as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Scaling Me as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Makes an Awesome Board Member as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Makes an Awesome Board Member as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Selling a Line of Business as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Book Short: There is No Blueprint to $1B as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Investment in the Email Ecosystem as a story · 1 points
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