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Rob Sobers

Personal blog · robsobers.combusinessstartups

Rob Sobers's personal blog at robsobers.com covers business and startups. Since 2013, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Paul Graham on Growth Hacking”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.

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16mentions?
3HN people?
2013–2016first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 7 in 2013

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

Why HN links it

The linked post is about growth hacking, and one commenter quotes its Paul Graham-related argument that 'growth hacks' are bullshit. The comment cites the post without commenting on the writing.

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.

I build software and lead GTM teams. Rob Sobers, chief marketing officer at Varonis.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Paul Graham on Growth Hacking
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-10-01

What Hacker News says?

  1. colund · 2015-06-14
    “Whenever you hear anyone talk about ‘growth hacks,’ just mentally translate it in your mind into ‘bullshit’.” http://robsobers.com/paul-graham-growth-hacking/

    Comment linking /paul-graham-growth-hacking/

    on “The rise of the growth hacker”
  2. rsobers · 2013-08-13

    Submitted Building Software in Public as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  3. pradeepchhetri · 2016-12-07

    Submitted $9 Marketing Stack: A Step-By-Step Guide as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. rsobers · 2015-01-28

    Submitted $9 Marketing Stack for Bootstrappers as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. rsobers · 2015-01-06

    Submitted Marketing Stacks as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. rsobers · 2014-10-01

    Submitted Paul Graham on Growth Hacking as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. rsobers · 2013-08-07

    Submitted Identity De-duplication The Wrong Way as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  8. rsobers · 2014-12-30

    Submitted A Detailed Summary of Nathan Barry's Authority as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. rsobers · 2014-12-28

    Submitted Stacking the Bricks in 2015 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. rsobers · 2014-09-09

    Submitted Growth Hacking = People + Process as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. rsobers · 2014-01-04

    Submitted Accelerating Bootstrappers as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. rsobers · 2013-12-23

    Submitted My Struggle with Ruby Blocks as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  13. rsobers · 2013-08-18

    Submitted Building Traffic from Scratch as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  14. rsobers · 2013-08-11

    Submitted Status Boards and Company Culture as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. rsobers · 2013-07-30

    Submitted Never Bet Against Rob Walling as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. rsobers · 2013-07-24

    Submitted Gmail's New Inbox is a Win for Shrewd Email Marketers as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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