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Brandon Donnelly
Personal blog · brandondonnelly.comstartupseconomics
Brandon Donnelly's personal blog at brandondonnelly.com covers startups and economics. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Uber's seed investors made this much money”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this blog's short post "This river I step in is not the river I step in" in a brain preservation thread. Another comment on VC returns also links the blog, but gives no view of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Uber's seed investors made this much money2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-06-01
What Hacker News says?
> He’s also hinted at tech’s ability to overhaul zoning rules and control housing costs, a particular interest of Alphabet’s Page. Yeah, right. Toronto is one of the most retrograde cities on housing intensification (it still hasn't intensified around the Bloor-Danforth subway that was built a generation ago)[1]. In fact many neighbourhoods are losing population as the region grows due to extremely restrictive zonin…
Comment linking /post/152616141303/the-yellowbelt
on “Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Eyes Toronto for Its Digital City”Submitted Uber's seed investors made this much money as a story · 2 points
HN discussion>I don't think we're in for a "correction" Even if that's the case, it will only change the ROI of big VCs from like 4,000x to "just" 1,000x. Boo hoo. (Edit #1: Ok, this is hyperbolic but you get the idea). Similar to BTC, if you bought at 0.01USD you're still making a killing, even with the recent dip. If you bought at the top though ... Edit #2: Turns out I was spot on w/ the 4,000x figure, https://brandondonnelly…
Comment linking /2019/05/10/5599/
on “VC Meltdown”Submitted Venture based housing is coming to SF as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe river I stand in is not the river I step in. (1) (1) https://brandondonnelly.com/this-river-i-step-in-is-not-the-...
Comment linking /this-river-i-step-in-is-not-the-river-i-stand-in
on “‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’”Submitted Delivery robots have moved to the street as a story · 1 points
HN discussion