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Michael Dempsey
Personal blog · mhdempsey.substack.comstartupsaiculture
Michael Dempsey writes On My Mind, a personal blog at mhdempsey.substack.com about startups, ai and culture. Since 2026, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “VC-Backed Startups Are Low Status”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Michael Dempsey is a VC whose Substack posts discuss the status of tech and VC-backed startups. One HN commenter links his post "VC-Backed Startups are Low Status" as support for their own view of the industry.
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.
Random writing about life, humans, technology, investing, and more.
Most-linked posts?
- VC-Backed Startups Are Low Status3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-02-03
What Hacker News says?
Reminds me of this post from earlier in the year (from a VC, Michael Dempsey) titled "VC-Backed Startups are Low Status"[0], which I'm inclined to agree with, having been in the industry for over 15 years now and witnessing how the vibe shifted from "techies are good" to "techies are bad" over this period. I graduated into a tech workforce that was a celebrated part of society (i.e. "high status") to one that is dec…
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on “VC isn't VC anymore”Submitted The Forest Is Always Dark as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Safety Has 12 Months Left as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted VC-Backed Startups Are Low Status as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted VC-Backed Startups Are Low Status as a story · 1 points
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