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Andrew Finn

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Andrew Finn writes Finn's Cave, a personal blog at finnscave.com about startups and economics. Since 2016, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Does “Cleverness” Lead to Superior Cash Returns? VC Cash Returns V Stocks”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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6mentions?
6HN people?
2016–2021first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2016

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link Andrew Finn's posts on how venture capital makes money and whether VCs earn returns. Only one comment links here, and it cites the post's conclusion that VCs generally lose money.

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 and rantings of Andrew Finn

Most-linked posts?

  1. Does “Cleverness” Lead to Superior Cash Returns? VC Cash Returns V Stocks
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-12-31
  2. Confession: I Don’t Think Uber Is Actually a Great Business (Yet)
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-09-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. > How VCs Make Money A: They don't. VCs are an asset class that generally is loosing money (liquidity adjusted). So do not put your money into VC. [] https://finnscave.com/2016/12/13/venture-capital-cash-return...

    Comment linking /2016/12/13/venture-capital-cash-returns-v-stocks-and-bonds/

    on “How VCs Make Money”
  2. Submitted Confession: I Don’t Think Uber Is Actually a Great Business (Yet) as a story · 36 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted You, Inc – Getting into Business as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted Entrepreneurial Motivations: Light and Shadow Forces as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Does “Cleverness” Lead to Superior Cash Returns? VC Cash Returns V Stocks as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Confession: I Don’t Think Uber Is Actually a Great Business (Yet) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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