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Nabeel Hyatt

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Nabeel Hyatt writes nabeel hyatt, a personal blog at nabeelhyatt.com about startups and business. Since 2009, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Why do games as an entertainment medium elicit this kind of cultural shame?”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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23mentions?
20HN people?
2009–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2013

I build things in Berkeley and invest in early-stage founders.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Why do games as an entertainment medium elicit this kind of cultural shame?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2009-12-04
  2. Making exceptions for exceptional people
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-07-10
  3. Watching your competitors release "your" features
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-01-04

What Hacker News says?

  1. 37signals seems to like this topic.. The last time they sounded off on why half-assing it is a good idea, I reacted just as viscerally as this post. Since they did a redux, I will too: http://nabeelhyatt.com/post/130164127/instead-of-watching-tv...

    Comment linking /post/130164127/instead-of-watching-tv-or-playing-grand-theft

    on “Keep the day job and build it on the side...”
  2. Submitted Spark Capital will now pay their own legal bills as a story · 306 points

    HN discussion
  3. Hey Ivan... Started writing a response but it got a little long for HN, so it turned into a post: http://nabeelhyatt.com/post/55107292357/making-exceptions-fo...

    Comment linking /post/55107292357/making-exceptions-for-exceptional-people

    on “Are 10X employees working too hard?”
  4. Submitted The quickest path to $50m in revenue? Build fun. as a story · 27 points

    HN discussion
  5. That's not the correct solution; the blog itself has perfectly good permalinks: http://nabeelhyatt.com/post/269124967/hi-my-name-is-mike-and...

    Comment linking /post/269124967/hi-my-name-is-mike-and-i-was-a-fishville-addict

    on “Why do games as an entertainment medium elicit this kind of cultural shame?”
  6. Submitted Are you building for Google or Facebook? as a story · 21 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Where "Moneyball VC" won't work as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Why do games as an entertainment medium elicit this kind of cultural shame? as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Navigating your startup in dark places as a story · 4 points

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  10. Submitted Making exceptions for exceptional people as a story · 3 points

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  11. Submitted Are you building for Google or Facebook? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Building platform companies as a story · 3 points

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  13. Submitted Investing in Games as a story · 2 points

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  14. Submitted Watching your competitors release "your" features as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted Call it evidence-based as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted What you get back when you build culture as a story · 2 points

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  17. Submitted Nabeel hyatt – Building a three-sided marketplace as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted The unique lessons of Oculus as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted The Effect of a Down Round on Your Team as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. Submitted Watching Your Competitors Release "Your" Features as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. Submitted In defense of hype as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted Just say no to testing red vs blue as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. Submitted Startups are not a chess game as a story · 1 points

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