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Polina Pompliano
Personal blog · readtheprofile.combusinesswriting
Polina Pompliano writes The Profile, a personal blog at readtheprofile.com about business and writing. Since 2024, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “New Ryan Serhant Profile”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for profiles of investors' portfolios, such as Saquon Barkley's, in a thread on angel investing. The comment discusses the investors rather than the writing.
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.
The Profile is a free weekly newsletter of deeply reported profiles of the world's most influential people by business writer Polina Pompliano.
Most-linked posts?
- New Ryan Serhant Profile2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-05-07
- Saquon Barkley is playing for equity2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-04
- The Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is deceiving2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-17
What Hacker News says?
I'm not questioning his investment abilities, just curious what he offers that is strategic (advice, dealmaking, etc). Aside: Saquon Barkley's (pro football player) portfolio is insane https://www.readtheprofile.com/p/saquon-barkley-investment-p...
Comment linking /p/saquon-barkley-investment-portfolio
on “Angel Investors, a Field Guide”Submitted The Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is deceiving as a story · 412 points
HN discussionSubmitted Saquon Barkley is playing for equity as a story · 97 points
HN discussionSubmitted How the Elizabeth Holmes Doc 'You Can See Everything' Is Deceiving You as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted New Ryan Serhant Profile as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Peter Thiel Searches for Reality-Bending 'Secrets' as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Will Jake and Logan Paul's Haters Make Them Billionaires? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Kevin O'Leary Is Happy Playing the Villain as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ryan Serhant Won't Stop Until He's No. 1 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to Become More Likeable as a story · 2 points
HN discussion