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True Ventures
Company blog · trueventures.com/blogstartupsbusiness
True Ventures is the company blog at trueventures.com, writing about startups and business. Since 2009, 39 different Hacker News readers have linked it 55 times, most often “Service Providers recommended by True Ventures”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as the website of a venture firm, mostly for its team and partner pages, job board, funding announcements and older posts such as a list of recommended banks. Comments cite it for facts about investors and companies.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
True Ventures leads pre-seed and seed rounds for founders shaping their product, defining their market, and building their team. First institutional conviction, backed by experience since 2005.
Most-linked posts?
- Service Providers recommended by True Ventures2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-01-25
- 365 days, $10 Million, 3 Rounds, 2 Companies, all with 5 Magic Slides2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-11-15
What Hacker News says?
as with all founders who faded out, he became a VC. True Ventures partner https://trueventures.com/team/kevin-rose/
Comment linking /team/kevin-rose/
on “Del.icio.us”Submitted Future of the Computer User Interface as a story · 23 points
HN discussionsolo.io | Cambridge, MA or remote | Full Time | https://www.solo.io solo is an exciting new startup ( https://trueventures.com/solo-future-of-cloud/ , https://www.solo.io/single-post/2017/11/01/Solo’s-seed-fundi... ), currently we are hiring: * systems engineer ( https://www.solo.io/system-software-engineer ) * UX Engineer ( https://www.solo.io/copy-of-system-software-engineer ) In this role you'll work with a wide…
Comment linking /solo-future-of-cloud/
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017)”Submitted Series B Lessons Learned as a story · 12 points
HN discussionWhy? Om Malik is a partner in a venture firm[1] and still writes for GigaOm. You don't have to obtain a license or agree to uphold any particular code of conduct to be allowed to write about news for the web. You just write, and if people value what you have to say, they read. Arrington even had signoff from the CEO of AOL saying he could do both. That's not to say that Arrington is completely in the right in this.…
Comment linking /member/om-malik/
on “Michael Arrington: Editorial Independence”Submitted My post on Scaling Lessons Learned from About.me as a story · 11 points
HN discussionBefore founding About.me he was a Co-Founder and CEO of Sphere, when it sold to Aol in 2008 for $25M[1] He's also a founding member and partner at True Ventures which he has seen exits such as: Oddpost (acquired by Yahoo!), Iconoculture (acquired by Corporate Executive Board), MusicNow (acquired by Circuit City), and Centive (acquired by Xactly)[2] [1] http://gigaom.com/2008/04/14/aol-buys-sphere/ [2] http://www.tru…
Comment linking /member/tony-conrad/
on “About.me Buys Itself Back from AOL”Submitted Founders Come First as a story · 11 points
HN discussionWent through my Pinboard to extract all these: - https://797capital.com/ - https://www.indexventures.com/ - https://www.sparkcapital.com/ - https://www.hcp.com/ - https://hvflabs.com/ - https://www.republiccapital.co/ - https://plus.vc/ - https://www.rarebreed.vc/ - https://www.dragonfly.xyz/ - https://macventurecapital.com/ - https://parafi.com/ - https://www.chingona.ventures/ - https://www.plexocap.com/ - https:/…
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on “Ask HN: YC misses that went on to do well (like veed.io)”Submitted Removing the Change of Control Provision from Our Seed Deals as a story · 8 points
HN discussionI agree, its a coffee chain. It has to be hype and marketing. Does this coffee company have patents on a new roasting method that scales, or some breakthrough technique to save on logistics? It seems like it's only a play on perception and hype. From 2012 http://www.trueventures.com/2012/10/10/welcoming-blue-bottle... "We’re also pleased to announce that Bryan Meehan, a good friend and an accomplished entrepreneur,…
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on “Blue Bottle Coffee Gets Caffeinated With $25.75 Million in Funding”Submitted The Hardware Revolution Is Upon Us, And Why It Matters as a story · 6 points
HN discussionHave you tried looking at venture websites? They often have a job board for their portfolio companies and I know for a fact that startups are desperate for interns Some examples: http://www.trueventures.com/jobs/ http://500.co/startups
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on “Ask HN: Resources for finding internships?”Submitted Tips for Forming Your Seed Round Funding Syndicate as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHere is True Ventures recommendation list (note: I'm not associated with True Ventures in any way at all). I do bank with one of their recommendations, Wells Fargo, which is HQ in SF and have been a customer there for years. Would highly recommend them. http://www.trueventures.com/2009/03/06/banks/
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on “Ask HN: What US bank should I choose?”Submitted So You Want to Work for a Startup as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHere are some recommendations from True Ventures: http://www.trueventures.com/recommendations/ Disclaimer: I am not associated with True Ventures in any way. However, I have been a long time customer of Wells Fargo and would vouch for them. I love their customer service and have done both personal and business banking with them. They're headquartered in San Francisco as well and are available almost everywhere natio…
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on “Ask HN: Recommendations for a bank?”Submitted True Ventures' Trip to YC Demo Day as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Email is (still) the killer app as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Physical Web: How Apps Can Move Atoms & Bend Time as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Entrepreneur's Guide to Self Management as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Steve Blank is Right About the Need for Lean VCs as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Eat What You Measure as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Venture is Back, Baby as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What’s Working: Submittable’s In-Office Daycare as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Virtual Reality: A Place for Us All as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Om Malik Joins True Ventures Full-Time as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flat Design = Skinny Jeans: An Interview with Jeff Veen and Tony Conrad as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Welcoming Namely as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Venture Capital 2012: A Year in Review as a story · 2 points
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