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Version One Ventures
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Version One Ventures is the company blog at versionone.vc, writing about startups and business. Since 2014, 20 different Hacker News readers have linked it 63 times, most often “Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for the Version One Ventures startup handbook, offered as a PDF and ePub, and in a thread on CryptoKitties and the investment decisions of other VC firms. The comments do not assess the writing.
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.
Version One Ventures is an early-stage venture fund investing in the next generation of mission-driven founders who are early in new areas.
Most-linked posts?
- Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-08-07
What Hacker News says?
Thanks for the heads up - working on renaming + formatting the ePub. Please check out the pdf version in the meantime: http://versionone.vc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Version-One-... :)
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Version-One-Startup-Handbook.pdf
on “Our Startup Handbook”Submitted Our Startup Handbook as a story · 278 points
HN discussionJust fixed the PDF so should work now -fingers crossed- http://versionone.vc/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Version-One-...
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Version-One-Startup-Handbook.pdf
on “Our Startup Handbook”Submitted The API-as-a-Marketplace as a story · 97 points
HN discussionI also didn’t understand this. I had a lot of respect for AH and USV. In particular I know some of the folks at USV. But some of their decisions astound me. When they invested in Crypto Kitties and Fred posted about it, I felt they jumped the shark. I remember how $31M was poured into a startup called Color a few years back, only for the startup to go belly up a month later. Meanwhile they don’t even take a meeting…
Comment linking /announcing-our-investment-in-cryptokitties-the-wildly-popular-blockchain-based-pet/
on “CryptoKitties sales plummet in popularity”Submitted “A Guide to Marketplaces”, Second Edition as a story · 37 points
HN discussionSubmitted Will Initial Coin Offerings Fund the Future? as a story · 35 points
HN discussionSubmitted The difference between correlation and conditional probability as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Guide to Marketplaces as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Social Platforms as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Guide to Marketplaces: Third Edition as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Smart Toilet as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How did Jeff Bezos scale Amazon without destroying its entrepreneurial culture? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Marketplace KPI Dashboard as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is AWS the next computing platform? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Moving from the niche to the masses as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nine common things that startup founders tend to underestimate or overestimate as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted VC Max Weber: Don’t Sleep on Lightning as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crypto marketplaces are marketplaces on steroids as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The state of Covid-19 testing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What’s your best productivity hack? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Seven years into Fund I: charting the return multiples as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Importance of Checking In as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Smart SaaS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crypto-native applications as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted VCs rarely make exceptions to their investment scope as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Purity versus Greed in Crypto as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Four Waves of Crypto Disruption as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data is the new oil as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why the Blockchain is so disruptive for venture capital as a story · 2 points
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