Ask HN: Are there any investors that read HN?

by dglassan • 16 years ago

29 19 16 years ago

Besides PG, are any HN readers investing in startups?

icey• 16 years ago

Yes, there are many investors other than PG that read (and contribute to) HN.

dglassan2• 16 years ago

that's cool, I just started reading HN and had no idea.

helwr• 16 years ago

there are even more on Quora

endtime• 16 years ago

I know of at least one - my dad.

adrianwaj• 16 years ago

Accredited investors now must have a net worth above $1 million excluding the value of their primary residence.

Alternatively they should have annual earnings above $2/300,000 (this will be reviewed.)

shrikant• 16 years ago

joshu• 16 years ago

Yo.

grinich• 16 years ago

I wish more investors announced themselves like this...

terryjsmith• 16 years ago

ziweb• 16 years ago

He even gives credit for the stuff he finds on Hacker News: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2010/09/apocalypse-and-bubbles.html

timcederman• 16 years ago

Curious as to why you're asking?

dglassan2• 16 years ago

I started reading HN not too long ago and was just wondering. no reason really

nivi• 16 years ago

This is Nivi from Venture Hacks and AngelList. I read the site a couple times a day, right after I read Techmeme. Bonjour.

rodscott80• 16 years ago

This is good to know as I build my site up.

www.techguysmartbuy.blogspot.com

retube• 16 years ago

Gabriel Weinberg http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=epi0Bauqu formerly of NamesDatabase and now of DuckDuckGo http://duckduckgo.com/ does some angel investing I believe. He's a regular on HN.

pg• 16 years ago

I think a lot of VCs lurk here. I know one who says he checks HN first thing every morning.

dksf• 16 years ago

+1 HN is one of my favorite sources for interesting stories, content, conversation, etc...

kingnothing• 16 years ago

A boutique investment banker friend of mine reads HN daily.

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