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VC in three exited Unicorns. Angel investor. Harvard Business School Lecturer. Editor, BlogFlyFish.com.
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VC in three exited Unicorns. Angel investor. Harvard Business School Lecturer. Editor, BlogFlyFish.com. is a personal blog at jtangovc.com about economics and startups. Since 2012, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A venture capitalist's blog on VC economics, including how VCs get paid and fund compensation structures. HN readers cite it to explain VC pay and control, and one reader calls a compensation post very insightful.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
As an interesting aside, I'm pretty sure the technique used in this related post: [1] is how the press figured out that Romney was involved in Bain Capital after his supposed departure in 1999.[2] [1] http://jtangovc.com/vc-economics-and-control-unveiled-on-the... [2] http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-mitt-ro...
Comment linking /vc-economics-and-control-unveiled-on-the-web/
on “How VCs get paid”Submitted How VCs get paid as a story · 110 points
HN discussionI found this which is very insightful: https://jtangovc.com/our-vc-firms-compensation-structure/
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on “Ask HN: How to structure joining a new VC firm”Submitted 24 hours in a VC's life as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The ‘New Normal’ for Venture Capital as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Traits of successful founders (and what would you do with $5 million?) as a story · 1 points
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