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The Leveraged Sell-Out
Personal blog · leveragedsellout.combusinesscareer
The Leveraged Sell-Out is a personal blog at leveragedsellout.com about business and career. Since 2008, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 21 times, most often “The Book of Graham”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (6) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this satirical finance blog, known for parodies such as "The Book of Graham" on YC and posts on startups and the debt crisis. One commenter calls its startup-accelerator line still funny and true.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 6 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Living the dream...
Most-linked posts?
- The Book of Graham5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2014-02-12
- The Founder Hounder - gold diggers silicon valley style4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2014-01-11
- Obsolete2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-04-03
- /2008/10/remember-the-titans/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-11
What Hacker News says?
[0] is still funny and still true. "Employing Type A personalities to shuffle around amorphous blobs of questionable value is not called a “startup accelerator”; it’s called Investment Banking." [0] http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2014/02/the-book-of-graham/
Comment linking /2014/02/the-book-of-graham/
on “Why Should I Start a Startup?”Submitted The Book of Graham as a story · 455 points
HN discussionI think that the fist comment in the other thread is interesting. (I just notice that it was wroten by you.) > To the uninitiated, this is a humour blog that was active until the debt crisis, focused on made up stories and rumors: http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2008/10/remember-the-titans/ .
Comment linking /2008/10/remember-the-titans/
on “The Book of Graham”Submitted The Book of Graham as a story · 25 points
HN discussionVery off-topic, but Leveraged Sellout---a satirical blog about the financial industry---did a parody piece on YC called "The Book of Graham." http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2014/02/the-book-of-graham/
Comment linking /2014/02/the-book-of-graham/
on “Google CEO Sundar Pichai Brings in Less Egotistical Leadership”Submitted The Book of Graham (2014) as a story · 7 points
HN discussionOne reason that you see this sort of behavior in the first place is that very few people are able to successfully become lifetime bankers. The skillset required to be an excellent investment banking analyst is extremely different than the skillset needed to be an investment banking vice-president (or higher). Modeling skills and pitchbook formatting knowledge will do little for you if your job is to try to bring bus…
Comment linking /2007/07/breaks-in-the-track
on “Wall Street Banks and Private Equity Firms Compete for Young Talent”Submitted The Founder Hounder - gold diggers silicon valley style as a story · 5 points
HN discussionTo the uninitiated, this is a humour blog that was active until the debt crisis, focused on made up stories and rumors: http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2008/10/remember-the-titans/ .
Comment linking /2008/10/remember-the-titans/
on “The Book of Graham”Submitted Obsolete as a story · 4 points
HN discussionIt's almost like they read this (satire piece) and decided to try to validate the idea... http://www.leveragedsellout.com/2014/01/the-founder-hounder/
Comment linking /2014/01/the-founder-hounder/
on “Cross-Country Love: Help Fly NYC Women to SF”Submitted The Founder Hounder as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Book of Graham as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Book of Graham: The Leveraged Sell-Out as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Obsolete as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Book of Graham (2014) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is the safest space for women these days actually Wall Street? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Founder Hounder as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted MBA students flock to new course: Hunting and Gathering as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Night In The Life as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Benefit Crashers : The Leveraged Sell-Out (Investment bankers fall from grace) as a story · 1 points
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