Larry Cheng
larrycheng.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
Larry Cheng, a venture capitalist, writes about startups, Facebook history, tech trivia, and a directory of venture capital blogs.
What HN saysHN commenters like his 2011 VC blog directory, noting its ranking by page views as a decent proxy for quality.
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geekfactor · 2011-01-20
Looks like I missed an opportunity for a grand click-bait headline: "David Skok dissed by Wall Street Journal".
Here is the list according to the original source[1]:
1. Paul Graham (@paulg), YCombinator, Essays (97,227)
2. Fred Wilson (@fredwilson), Union Square Ventures, A VC (81,483)
3. Mark Suster (@msuster), GRP Partners, Both Sides of the Table (53,655)
4. Brad Feld (@bradfeld), Foundry Group, Feld Thoughts (38,821)
5. Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Founder Collective, cdixon.org (20,988)
6. David Skok (@bostonvc), Matrix Partners, For Entrepreneurs (14,173)
7. Charlie O’Donnell (@ceonyc), First Round Capital, This is Going to be Big (13,970)
8. Larry Cheng (@larryvc), Volition Capital, Thinking About Thinking (13,215)
9. Dave McClure (@500startups), Founders Fund, Master of 500 Hats (11,127)
10. Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), Andreesen Horowitz, Ben’s Blog (10,686)
[1] http://larrycheng.com/2011/01/19/venture-capital-vc-blog-directory-201…
Skok's blog comes in at number 6 on the original list, but has disappeared from the WSJ's list without explanation.
Too bad because there's a lot of great stuff on that blog and the site in general.
abiekatz · 2012-03-18
I really like the list of VC blogs here: http://larrycheng.com/2011/01/19/venture-capital-vc-blog-directory-201…
They are ranked by the number of page views which is a decent proxy for quality.