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Let Me Know How I Can Be Helpful is a personal blog at vcstarterkit.substack.com about startups and business. Since 2019, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “How VCs Make Money”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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7mentions?
4HN people?
2019–2020first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2019

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

Why HN links it

HN readers link this Substack's posts on how venture capital firms make money and choose what to back. One commenter cites it alongside a claim that a16z lets everyone use the title 'partner'.

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.

Exploring the latest happenings in the wonderful world of early stage venture capital.

Most-linked posts?

  1. How VCs Make Money
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-11-07

What Hacker News says?

  1. Yes, a16z famously lets everyone call themselves “partner” as a form of title arbitrage https://vcstarterkit.substack.com/p/how-vcs-choose-twitter-b...

    Comment linking /p/how-vcs-choose-twitter-bios

    on “How VCs Make Money”
  2. Submitted How VCs Make Money as a story · 412 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted Anonymous messages from founders and VCs about the Away culture controversy as a story · 19 points

    HN discussion
  4. Submitted What founders and VCS think about the expose of Away's culture as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted Book Review: Whistleblower as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Getting Carried Away as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted How VCs Make Money as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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