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Rich Barton writes HopperandDropper.com, a personal blog at hopperanddropper.com about startups and business. Since 2011, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Syllables, Scrabble Letters, and Picking Brand Names”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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4mentions?
4HN people?
2011–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 1 in 2011

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Rich Barton's post is linked in an Ask HN thread on naming a startup. The commenter calls it a helpful resource for coming up with a name.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Musings from entrepreneur and investor Rich Barton

Most-linked posts?

  1. Syllables, Scrabble Letters, and Picking Brand Names
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2011-03-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. launchplus · 2012-05-05Recommends
    This article by Rich Barton might be helpful for you to come up with a name for your startup. http://hopperanddropper.com/syllables-scrabble-letters-and-p... But generally, I would agree that you should just spend some time on it, and move on to focus on building your product and getting it out to market fast to validate your assumptions and business model.

    Comment linking /syllables-scrabble-letters-and-picking-brand-names/

    on “Ask HN: Naming My Startup”
  2. Submitted Syllables, Scrabble Letters, and Picking Brand Names as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Naming Your Company (2009) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Syllables, Scrabble Letters, and Picking Brand Names as a story · 1 points

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