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Phin Barnes

Personal blog · sneakerheadvc.comstartupsbusiness

Phin Barnes writes Sneakerhead VC, a personal blog at sneakerheadvc.com about startups and business. Since 2010, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 39 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.

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39mentions?
22HN people?
2010–2017first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 10 in 2010

A weekly column about company-building, investing and partnering with founders to bring out their best.

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  1. inmygarage · 2011-07-05

    Submitted The VC product is broken for 99% of founders and I want to fix it as a story · 18 points

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  2. phineasb · 2010-03-17

    Submitted MVPP: Minimum Viable Product Purchase and the lesson of the first trash talk T's as a story · 14 points

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  3. brettberson · 2011-03-04

    Submitted Why Motorcycles are a lot Like Startups as a story · 9 points

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  4. inmygarage · 2012-09-19

    Submitted Announcing Hack+Startup with Facebook as a story · 8 points

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  5. inmygarage · 2012-06-14

    Submitted Just because you can type does not mean you can code as a story · 8 points

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  6. merkleme · 2016-08-14

    Submitted Beware the Senior Software Engineer as a story · 6 points

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  7. jjacobs22 · 2013-10-15

    Submitted Turn your investors into rubber ducks as a story · 6 points

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  8. inmygarage · 2012-08-29

    Submitted When raising money, never need a yes and never, ever be surprised by a no as a story · 5 points

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  9. phineasb · 2012-06-13

    Submitted Cloud production aka Makerbot Prime as a story · 4 points

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  10. rmason · 2017-04-14

    Submitted The fear is real. I listen as a story · 3 points

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  11. ccarella · 2012-06-01

    Submitted Who cares about the stock price, Zuck should win the Nobel Peace Prize as a story · 3 points

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  12. jkopelman · 2011-11-12

    Submitted The 3 faces of the perfect pitch: Architect, Psycho Killer, Evangelical Preacher as a story · 3 points

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  13. razin · 2011-03-28

    Submitted In the war for talent, love is a weapon as a story · 3 points

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  14. phineasb · 2010-08-03

    Submitted The only 100% guaranteed accruate test of investor type ever offered for free as a story · 3 points

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  15. phineasb · 2010-04-29

    Submitted Stop lean-washing. Save the (start-up) world as a story · 3 points

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  16. phineasb · 2010-04-28

    Submitted Honor in simple terms as a story · 3 points

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  17. HoolaHoops · 2016-08-12

    Submitted The Most Dangerous Person in Silicon Valley as a story · 2 points

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  18. wallflower · 2015-01-31

    Submitted 100 chances to dent the universe as a story · 2 points

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  19. mikeleeorg · 2014-09-08

    Submitted How to tell if you are not scaling as a CEO as a story · 2 points

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  20. dsego · 2013-03-26

    Submitted Apple Maps proves HTML5 sucks as a story · 2 points

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  21. iseff · 2013-02-11

    Submitted Winning is easy if you get everyone to finish as a story · 2 points

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  22. gatsby · 2011-07-06

    Submitted The VC Product Is Broken For 99% of Founders and I Want to Fix It as a story · 2 points

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  23. pkarbe · 2011-05-01

    Submitted Turning Rejection Into an Opportunity as a story · 2 points

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  24. phineasb · 2010-07-27

    Submitted How SaaS is killing karaoke as a story · 2 points

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  25. tsondermann · 2010-06-28

    Submitted Show me the magic (in your product) as a story · 2 points

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  26. malz · 2016-08-16

    Submitted The Most Dangerous Person in Silicon Valley as a story · 1 points

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  27. kaikai · 2016-08-13

    Submitted The most dangerous person in Silicon Valley as a story · 1 points

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  28. pulakm · 2013-08-27

    Submitted August is for Building as a story · 1 points

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  29. phineasb · 2013-02-25

    Submitted Test, Validate, Expand — NYC’s newest venture fund is for students by students as a story · 1 points

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  30. phineasb · 2013-01-10

    Submitted Advice for designers who want to be founders as a story · 1 points

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