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Mitch Lasky
Personal blog · mitchlasky.bizstartupsbusinessgames
Mitch Lasky's personal blog at mitchlasky.biz covers startups, business and games. Since 2013, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Should Venture Capital Fund Games Companies?”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Hosts a copy of Benchmark Capital's post on its $7 million investment in CyanogenMod, cited as a source in the Cyanogen funding thread. The other comment is an opinion on King.com's IPO.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Should Venture Capital Fund Games Companies?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-06-18
- Cyanogen Mod raises $7MM in Series A2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-09-18
What Hacker News says?
Here's the post from Benchmark Capital on their $7 million investment in CM: http://mitchlasky.biz/cyanogen-mod/ "CM is already in use on millions of handsets, and with the simplified installer that the company is announcing simultaneously with this financing, that number is sure to grow quickly. We believe that CM is poised to become one of the largest mobile operating systems in the world. "
Comment linking /cyanogen-mod/
on “Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version of Android”Submitted EA and the Future as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThis doesn't have to end badly if investors price the shares appropriately during the IPO process. Not all revenue is alike and investors will apply a higher multiple when revenue is sustainable. I see substantial risk in much of King's revenue primarily because there isn't enough track record to know if it is repeatable and if their sources of customer acquisition will continue in a profitable way. A good comp comp…
Comment linking /should-venture-capital-fund-games-companies/
on “King.com, Maker of Candy Crush, files for IPO”Submitted Cyanogen Mod raises $7MM in Series A as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Should Venture Capital Fund Games Companies? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion