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Nat Turner

Personal blog · natsturner.com/poststartupsbusinesscareer

Nat Turner writes Tumblr, a personal blog at natsturner.com about startups, business and career. Since 2011, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “A word on idea protectability”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.

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11mentions?
10HN people?
2011–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2011

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

Why HN links it

HN commenters cite Nat Turner's posts on using Asana for lightweight task management and on whether to leave a full-time job for a personal project. The comments link them only as sources, with no judgment of the writing.

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.

My name is Nat Turner. I'm an entrepreneur in NYC. Currently I'm a co-founder of Flatiron Health, and before that was co-founder/CEO of Invite Media (acquired by Google in 2010). I'm also a golfer,...

Most-linked posts?

  1. A word on idea protectability
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-04-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. What you y'all use for lightweight project/task management? Genomera investor Nat Turner recommends Asana < http://www.natsturner.com/post/40173294607> . Surely you guys tried Asana. How was the fit?

    Comment linking /post/40173294607&

    on “No email at AngelList”
  2. Submitted Startup sales strategy as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. Everyone has ideas, actually it's very likely your idea already is being worked on or exists in some version. Successful companies are all about execution. Here are some articles that cover this question in detail: - http://cdixon.org/2009/08/22/why-you-shouldnt-keep-your-star... - http://blog.foundersguidebook.com/2013/02/why-you-should-sha... - http://www.natsturner.com/post/20257121566 If you are not comfortable…

    Comment linking /post/20257121566

    on “Ask HN: Should I leave my full time job for personal project?”
  4. Submitted Ideation as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Don’t ask me if I know any engineers you can hire as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Nat Turner (Thoughts on best ways to manage a VC round) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted How to communicate effectively in a startup as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted On to the next one... as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted A word on idea protectability as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Don’t assume people are smart as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted Principles for startup recruiting as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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