Hacker News: Sohum

I Like Real Estate

Sohum — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:25:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sohum.com/why-i-like-real-estate/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47583064

Points: 3

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Australian Decacorns

Sohum — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:19:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sohum.com/australian-decacorns/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46691531

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

How Punishing the Universe Can Be

Sohum — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 06:13:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sohum.com/how-punishing-the-universe-can-be/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35500424

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: Non-violent video games with great stories?"

Sohum — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 15:01:09 +0000

Thomas Was Alone and To The Moon. Both absolute masterpieces.

New comment by Sohum in "I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone"

Sohum — Tue, 17 May 2022 17:38:33 +0000

Fellow small phone fan. I've gotten a lot of mileage out of the smaller OnePlus phones designed for kids.

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: Share your personal site"

Sohum — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:14:07 +0000

www.sohum.com

Luck and Risk Surface Area

Sohum — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 13:26:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sohum.com/luck-and-risk-surface-area/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29048575

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Things I Don't Like About Cryptocurrency

Sohum — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 01:29:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sohum.com/things-i-dont-like-about-cryptocurrency/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29008609

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Sohum in "Y Combinator When No One Cared"

Sohum — Mon, 01 May 2017 18:44:51 +0000

Curious question. If YC started today, with the exact same manifesto but in the current environment as opposed to the one in 2005, could they still have been as successful?

New comment by Sohum in "Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator"

Sohum — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:14:54 +0000

All links open in a new tab.

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: How do founders end up broke?"

Sohum — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:20:00 +0000

So the founders who own majority of the company, can be outnumbered on the board and have little influence over "strategic tactical" decisions etc?

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: How do founders end up broke?"

Sohum — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:50:23 +0000

Thanks for all the answers ... I also found this which cleared up a few things.

http://www.danshapiro.com/blog/2010/08/vc-insanity-economics...

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: How do founders end up broke?"

Sohum — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:26:33 +0000

Are there a pre-set number of board seats or can new seats be issued as new investors emerge?

How did Mark Zuckerberg maintain control of the board, whilst still receiving huge VC investments? So I imagine it something like, he owns majority of the board but not majority of the shares?

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: How do founders end up broke?"

Sohum — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:15:02 +0000

That article was very informative.

I still don't fully understand what a VC has to gain by eliminating the founders?

So as long as the board is owned by non-founders, a sale can be forced even though the founders disagree and want to continue operating ... even if the sale will leave the founders with nothing? ... that seems so diabolical!

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: How do founders end up broke?"

Sohum — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:52:16 +0000

But if the company sold for less than $5m, the founders would get nothing?

Probably ignorance here, but if the company sold for less, say $4m are the founders now in debt for the remainder of the 5x agreement?

Ask HN: How do founders end up broke?

Sohum — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:26:27 +0000

I've recently read stories of startups that became successful and were bought out for large sums, but the founders received little from the transaction.

How does this happen?

Also, how do cases like Steve Jobs and Harry Osborn occur where they are removed from their own company? Do VC's and Investors really take that much of the company? How much influence do they hold over a company they invest in?

Why would a founder continue if they lost their ownership? Why would a founder give up ownership of their company in the first place? Isn't one of the prominent appealing aspects of the start-up world to own your own company?

Yes, i know i used the green goblin as an example. On an unrelated sidethought, it would be fairly interesting to see the corporate dynamics of LexCorp and Wayne Enterprises interact with one another ... surely they would have corporate take-overs etc.

Sorry for all the questions ..... any thoughts would be great.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1879512

Points: 58

# Comments: 29

New comment by Sohum in "Ask HN: Problem finding/choosing an idea to work on"

Sohum — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:01:34 +0000

Not sure how much this is worth, I only recently discovered Hacker News (and am 17 also), but if you're having trouble coming up with ideas, it's probably best to find a co-founder who is really good at coming up with ideas....

One of the most common things you here from successful "entrepreneurs" is that they have an overflow of ideas and not enough time to work on all of them.