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Vivek Raju writes Simplanations, a personal blog at simplanations.in about business, economics and startups. Since 2021, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “What happens in an IPO? – A Beginner's Guide (Part 2/2)”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.

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13mentions?
9HN people?
2021–2024first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 12 in 2021

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for beginner's guides to business and finance topics, such as how IPOs work and a primer on how venture capital works.

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.

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Most-linked posts?

  1. What happens in an IPO? – A Beginner's Guide (Part 2/2)
    3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-07-17

What Hacker News says?

  1. You can subscribe here https://www.simplanations.in/subscribe

    Comment linking /subscribe

    on “What happens in an IPO? – Part 1”
  2. Submitted What happens in an IPO? – Part 1 as a story · 232 points

    HN discussion
  3. @mods - please fix the link. It should redirect to actual article here: https://www.simplanations.in/p/ipo-2

    Comment linking /p/ipo-2

    on “What happens in an IPO? – A Beginner's Guide (Part 2/2)”
  4. Submitted What happens in an IPO? – A Beginner's Guide (Part 2/2) as a story · 152 points

    HN discussion
  5. Mods/Dang: could you fix the link to point to the actual article - https://www.simplanations.in/p/ipo-2 ?

    Comment linking /p/ipo-2

    on “What happens in an IPO? – A Beginner's Guide (Part 2/2)”
  6. Submitted What happens in an IPO? – A Beginner's Guide (Part 2/2) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. VC firms and their funds should not be seen as permanent, but Foundry has had a great run. I always reread this primer on how the 'VC' business works when I see related posts: https://www.simplanations.in/p/2-how-vc-works-a-beginners-gu...

    Comment linking /p/2-how-vc-works-a-beginners-guide

    on “Boulder VC firm Foundry to shutter after 18 years, 200 investments”
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