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The Most-Read Blogs By Venture Capitalists

28 points by geekfactor 16y ago

mindcrime 16y ago
But data from web analytics firm Compete shows that Wilson’s blog now ranks second in average monthly uniques. The top spot belongs to Paul Graham, who runs seed-capital firm Y Combinator. Alright, way to go pg! And thanks again for all the great advice and information you provide.
3pt14159 16y ago
Completely different type of articles. PG's are the type you come back to and send to someone who is starting to get into the startup scene, Fred's are the type you read day in day out to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry (as well as for MBA Mondays!) As an aside, I recognized every single blog there thanks to Hacker News.
- alexwestholm 16y ago
  Totally agree. Do you think PG's popularity is indicative of a rise in newcomers to the startup scene?
  - 3pt14159 16y ago
    I think it's partly that, but I also think it is partly that PG's philosophy (ramen profitable, low costs, etc) is becoming easier and easier for more people to follow. All sorts of industries are micro-sizing. Custom circuit boards you can order in small quantities and with quick turnaround. High power lasers that you used to not even be able to find, let alone order. Ultra pure gold wiring or lithium. Hacking is getting easier in every industry. It didn't used to be like this, but I'm seeing it everywhere. Forget just coding, everything is changing. Twitter gives me really easy access when I have a question that otherwise may have stopped me. More and more industries are opening up to the small startup mentality.
pedanticfreak 16y ago
What's with the alternating bolded lines in the list? It kind of makes the odd numbered names seem more important for no reason.
- geekfactor 16y ago
  "(The blogs in bold saw traffic growth.)"
  - geekfactor 16y ago
    Note though that the original source uses bold to indicate blogs that have seen increased traffic over Q409 by 1,000+ uniques/month, while the WSJ says simply "the blogs in bold saw traffic growth."
charlemagne 16y ago
Placing VC blog readership on an axis and comparing to deal flow/fundraising/etc. would make this much more interesting.
geekfactor 16y ago
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-2011-edition/ http://larrycheng.com/2011/01/19/venture-capital-vc-blog-dir... 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.

28 points by geekfactor 16y ago

But data from web analytics firm Compete shows that Wilson’s blog now ranks second in average monthly uniques. The top spot belongs to Paul Graham, who runs seed-capital firm Y Combinator. Alright, way to go pg! And thanks again for all the great advice and information you provide.

3pt14159 16y ago

Completely different type of articles. PG's are the type you come back to and send to someone who is starting to get into the startup scene, Fred's are the type you read day in day out to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry (as well as for MBA Mondays!) As an aside, I recognized every single blog there thanks to Hacker News.

alexwestholm 16y ago
Totally agree. Do you think PG's popularity is indicative of a rise in newcomers to the startup scene?
- 3pt14159 16y ago
  I think it's partly that, but I also think it is partly that PG's philosophy (ramen profitable, low costs, etc) is becoming easier and easier for more people to follow. All sorts of industries are micro-sizing. Custom circuit boards you can order in small quantities and with quick turnaround. High power lasers that you used to not even be able to find, let alone order. Ultra pure gold wiring or lithium. Hacking is getting easier in every industry. It didn't used to be like this, but I'm seeing it everywhere. Forget just coding, everything is changing. Twitter gives me really easy access when I have a question that otherwise may have stopped me. More and more industries are opening up to the small startup mentality.

pedanticfreak 16y ago

What's with the alternating bolded lines in the list? It kind of makes the odd numbered names seem more important for no reason.

geekfactor 16y ago
"(The blogs in bold saw traffic growth.)"
- geekfactor 16y ago
  Note though that the original source uses bold to indicate blogs that have seen increased traffic over Q409 by 1,000+ uniques/month, while the WSJ says simply "the blogs in bold saw traffic growth."

charlemagne 16y ago

Placing VC blog readership on an axis and comparing to deal flow/fundraising/etc. would make this much more interesting.

geekfactor 16y ago

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-2011-edition/ http://larrycheng.com/2011/01/19/venture-capital-vc-blog-dir... 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.