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Rob Go

Personal blog · robgo.orgstartupsbusinesscareer

Rob Go writes ROBGO.ORG, a personal blog at robgo.org about startups, business and career. Since 2009, 51 different Hacker News readers have linked it 70 times, most often “Will Facebook be the Next Yahoo?”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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70mentions?
0recommend?
51HN people?
2009–2019first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 16 in 2010

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Rob Go's posts on venture fund LP capital concentration and decision-making speed, and on Facebook's long-term viability, are linked as background for discussions of those topics.

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.

Rob Go is a co-founder and partner of NextView Ventures, a seed-stage VC firm in Boston and New York City that invests in founders redesigning the Everyday Economy.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Will Facebook be the Next Yahoo?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-01-30

What Hacker News says?

  1. peloton · 2015-01-16
    From the LP pov, it boils down to capital concentration. Most LPs I've spoken with are not that different from Michael Kim (LP from the article) in that they are for capital concentration. It is the most controversial part of the offering. Reference: http://25iq.com/2013/01/16/charlie-munger-on-investment-conc... http://robgo.org/2013/10/21/decision-making-speed-of-big-fun... https://twitter.com/trengriffin/status/2…

    Comment linking /2013/10/21/decision-making-speed-of-big-funds-vs-seed-funds/

    on “For Dave McClure’s New 500 Startups Fund, U.S. Institutions Shy Away”
  2. ghosh · 2013-12-09

    Submitted A Seed VC’s Decision Tree as a story · 72 points

    HN discussion
  3. United857 · 2012-01-30
    Food for thought about FB's longer term viability: http://robgo.org/2012/01/29/will-facebook-be-the-next-yahoo/

    Comment linking /2012/01/29/will-facebook-be-the-next-yahoo/

    on “Ask HN: Will you buy Facebook shares when it goes IPO?”
  4. garbowza · 2012-05-14

    Submitted Think Twice Before Starting A Company as a story · 57 points

    HN discussion
  5. daveambrose · 2014-02-10

    Submitted How VC’s Get to “Yes” as a story · 40 points

    HN discussion
  6. Croaky · 2010-11-09

    Submitted Hitchhiker's Guide to the Boston Tech Community as a story · 39 points

    HN discussion
  7. bjonathan · 2010-11-18

    Submitted Sad Observations from a Boston Angel Dinner as a story · 31 points

    HN discussion
  8. zachh · 2012-05-23

    Submitted "5 Companies I'd Invest in at Any Valuation" - Rob Go as a story · 12 points

    HN discussion
  9. samd · 2012-10-09

    Submitted Very Basic Startup Marketing as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  10. feydr · 2012-01-30

    Submitted Will Facebook be the Next Yahoo? as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  11. robgo · 2011-02-08

    Submitted Is Your VC Really Committed To Your Seed Round? - robgo.org as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  12. iamwil · 2013-02-28

    Submitted Advice For Entrepreneurs In Accelerator Programs as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  13. jamesjyu · 2012-02-27

    Submitted Thoughts on Startup Org Structures and Titles as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  14. hendler · 2012-06-11

    Submitted Rob Go: What to do instead of founding a company. Part II. as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  15. allenleein · 2018-09-01

    Submitted Why Sequoia's WhatsApp Investment Is Even More Impressive Than It Seems as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  16. kurtvarner · 2012-01-20

    Submitted Apple Textbooks – Not Disruptive as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  17. asanwal · 2011-08-14

    Submitted Should you meet with VCs early for feedback? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  18. robgo · 2011-04-21

    Submitted How VC's Make Decisions as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  19. Straubiz · 2011-03-22

    Submitted How VC's Win - robgo.org as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  20. cwan · 2011-03-14

    Submitted What Sports Produce the Best Entrepreneurs? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  21. jtg · 2010-07-30

    Submitted Entrepreneur Super Hero Archetypes as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  22. cwan · 2010-05-28

    Submitted Good vs. Bad VC Due Diligence as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  23. vskarine · 2015-12-02

    Submitted The VC Market – 2015 and 2016 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. kevin · 2014-09-19

    Submitted It's Been Tried Before as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. rajbala · 2014-05-06

    Submitted Why Twitter Will Be Around Longer Than Facebook as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. peterkchen · 2014-04-23

    Submitted The Unexpected Downside of Becoming an EIR as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  27. leemhoffman · 2013-11-05

    Submitted The Perverse Incentives of Angelist Syndicates as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  28. dennybritz · 2013-10-11

    Submitted Innovating on “Product Delivery” for VCs as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  29. robgo · 2012-06-07

    Submitted Building Blocks for the New “Second Industrial Revolution” as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  30. robgo · 2012-02-06

    Submitted Why The Series B is the “Sucker Round” – ROBGO.ORG as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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