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Pat Kinsel

Personal blog · patkinsel.com · on HN as pkinselstartupsbusiness

Pat Kinsel writes Tumblr, a personal blog at patkinsel.com about startups and business. Since 2012, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-04-27, and you can follow it by feed.

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13mentions?
4HN people?
2012–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2012

Pulling the future closer. Founder & CEO Notarize.com & Proof.com. Investor Lob, Drizly, etc. Past: Co-Founder & CEO Spindle (acquired by Twitter). Living in Boston.

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pkinsel · 29 karma · member since 2012

EIR @PolarisVC | Formerly Co-founder CEO @Spindle (Acquired by @Twitter) & @Microsoft Boston, MA · patkinsel.com

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  1. Submitted Idea: Rethinking the mobile phone dialer as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted How I bought Spindle.com - an alternative domain acquisition strategy as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The case against too quiet fundraisings as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Why we waited to announce $2.3M - The case for two quiet venture rounds as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Presidential Namespace as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Ask me anything as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted A tale of two economies as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Market sizing through Facebook Ads Manager as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted Don’t raise the wrong amount of money as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Lean startups still need vision as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted The state of location tracking & why it’s important as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted September marked the decline of the keyword search era as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted An App Store bug worth fixing as a story · 1 points

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