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The Source
Company blog · blog.goodeggs.comstartupsbusiness
The Source is the company blog at blog.goodeggs.com, writing about startups and business. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Good Eggs' blog for company news, including its layoffs, market shutdowns and Manhattan expansion, and a post on Straus Family Creamery's milk. The comments only link these posts as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Stories from the Good Eggs community.
What Hacker News says?
Fortunately for me, some US producers have managed to create a sustainable business model, while providing great (if old fashioned) product: https://blog.goodeggs.com/blog/straus-family-creamery-pionee... Straus milk is not cheap at ~$9 per gallon, but we don’t consume a lot and the quality is simply amazing. Still haven’t figured out what it is, but regular cheap US milk makes me incredibly sick to the point that m…
Comment linking /blog/straus-family-creamery-pioneering-organic-dairy
on “On the death of my family's dairy farm (2019)”Submitted Today, We Gave Equity to Every Single Member of Our Team as a story · 5 points
HN discussionGood Eggs just laid of 140 people, more than 50% of it's workforce and shut down 3 out of 4 of their markets - only SF, their HQ, will remain, and even the SF office sustained layoffs. They are Sequoia/Index backed, and raised $21M less than 12 months ago. Good example of a company that asked the question "how many people do we actually need?", with an unpleasant answer =( http://blog.goodeggs.com/
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on “Leaked Uber financials from 2012 to 2014”Submitted Good Eggs lays off 140 and shuts down 3 out of 4 markets as a story · 2 points
HN discussionJust two months ago, they announced expansion of delivery to Manhattan's downtown area: http://blog.goodeggs.com/post/120709577938/good-eggs-is-comi... I'm guessing the logistical and financial troubles described in the OP were pretty clear 2 months ago...was expanding service to Manhattan a Hail Mary to attract additional investment?
Comment linking /post/120709577938/good-eggs-is-coming-to-manhattan
on “Why $53M Wasn't Enough to Scale Good Eggs”Submitted Good Eggs 2.0 – A plan for our future as a story · 1 points
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