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A Simple Model
Company blog · asimplemodel.com/insightseconomicsbusiness
A Simple Model is the company blog at asimplemodel.com, writing about economics and business. Since 2018, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog to explain finance topics: the legal structure of VC funds (with diagrams) and private equity roll-ups. The comments cite it as a source and do not judge 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.
Financial modeling and private equity training made simple and affordable. Educational solutions are available for self-study, corporations & university professors.
What Hacker News says?
Sequoia is structured as an LLC, but they, or an affiliated "GP Co" still act as the general partner of their funds (which are limited partnerships). Here's a couple diagrams of typical VC fund structures: 1. https://www.asimplemodel.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Priv... 2. https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*XPPTuER9ZGAoXSMe544ZUw.pn...
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on “Sam Bankman-Fried Has a Savior Complex (September 2022)”Submitted Introduction to Financial Statements as a story · 24 points
HN discussionIt’s called a Private Equity Roll up. https://www.asimplemodel.com/insights/private-equity-roll-up I’ve been the technical lead in integrating/consolidating backends while a PE company was doing it. I literally and purposefully “put myself out of a job”. They had no business trying to hire software developers and I moved them toward using consulting companies and using COTS. Not independent consultants, signing SOWs…
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on “Ask HN: Tired of startups – want a normal job. Help”Submitted The Lottery and Personal Finance as a story · 1 points
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