Serial founder discloses 20-year-hidden felony past
What happened
A Hacker News front-page post on October 21, 2026 reported that a serial founder publicly disclosed a felony conviction from age 19 after hiding it for 20 years. The post says he has co-founded or joined 17 companies in their early days since 2007, was engineer No. 3 at Eventbrite and saw it grow from $4 million to $700 million, and was a founding engineer at Reforge, which he saw through to acquisition. The disclosure appeared as a Show HN post on the Hacker News front page.
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- Hacker News front pageShow HN: I told people I'm a convicted felon after 20 years of hiding it
一位 2007 年以来参与创办或早期加入 17 家公司的连续创业者，在隐藏 20 年后公开了自己 19 岁入狱的重罪犯身份。他曾是 Eventbrite 第 3 号工程师，经历公司从 $4M 到 $700M，并作为 Reforge 创始工程师见证其被收购。
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