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Ian Sigalow
Personal blog · sigalow.comstartupsbusinesseconomics
Ian Sigalow's personal blog at sigalow.com covers startups, business and economics. Since 2011, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The only comment is about venture capital economics, saying most new businesses never raise VC money. It does not discuss or praise the linked writing, so what the posts cover is unclear from the comments.
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.
What Hacker News says?
Your perspective is correct, but the vast majority (99%) of new businesses in the economy will never raise money from a VC (and shouldn't). Most VC portfolios are structured such that the expectation (at least at the time of investment) is that this company will be able to make up for ALL the inevitable losses I am going to take in the other companies I invest in. Well, not really that cynical, but in reality usuall…
Comment linking /2012/01/a-new-take-on-series-a
on “Poll: is your startup profitable?”Submitted The Year of the Undercorn as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Grocery disrupted as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Built to Flip as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where The Big Companies Are (US v. UK) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A new take on the series A as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Internet Real Estate Bubble as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Tale of Two Economies as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted VC Math as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
