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On the Loss of a Cofounder

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Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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Heartbreaking to read. Hope you had enough time together to make his vision indelibly part of the company’s mark on the universe. Here’s our own story of the loss of a co-founder: https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline...

Email me if you ever want to talk: matthewatcloudflaredotcom.

Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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This is such an alien concept as a non-American. Lack of money should not mean lack of medical care in any developed nation, let alone the “richest and greatest”

What kind of programs do non-US countries have to take care of people with mental illness? The actual medical care would be easier to get for sure, but the type of care described in the article ("She bought a 5,000-square-foot house on an acre of California's Central Coast, a spot they chose in the hope that his father, Rendon, could walk with him along the shore. She worked with a landscape architect to tailor the o…

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Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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From the article: > "In the few short days since he died,"

My condolences. But I must point out that that's an implicit statement buried roughly the last 1/3 of the article. That's not how to describe an event.

What? It’s literally titled “On the death of a cofounder”. How are you confused?

Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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My condolences. But I must point out that that's an implicit statement buried roughly the last 1/3 of the article. That's not how to describe an event.

What? It’s literally titled “On the death of a cofounder”. How are you confused?

It wasn't at first. At time of posting, the title of the article at Medium used "loss", and is reflected in the headline here.

I also figured it was about yet another cofounder quitting yet another company.

Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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Heartbreaking to read. Hope you had enough time together to make his vision indelibly part of the company’s mark on the universe. Here’s our own story of the loss of a co-founder: https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline... Email me if you ever want to talk: matthewatcloudflaredotcom.

Wow Matthew, I had no idea. Lee's story struck a personal chord - I lost an uncle to frontotemporal dementia when he was in his 40s and he lived with my family as the disease progressed. It's an incredibly painful experience for everyone involved, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. My condolences.

Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

#46
This is sad to hear. This is huge loss for the family, the co-founder and also for the startup.

Not to be insensitive but had to raise this topic because this is very rare situation, Anyone knows how the stock of the co-founder handled in this situation in early stage startup, at least in US?

Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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post #34

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This is such an alien concept as a non-American. Lack of money should not mean lack of medical care in any developed nation, let alone the “richest and greatest”

What kind of programs do non-US countries have to take care of people with mental illness? The actual medical care would be easier to get for sure, but the type of care described in the article ("She bought a 5,000-square-foot house on an acre of California's Central Coast, a spot they chose in the hope that his father, Rendon, could walk with him along the shore. She worked with a landscape architect to tailor the o…

> but how many folks have illnesses like these and are hung out to dry due to poor finances?

There’s a large difference between what you describe and the parent comment.

Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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If something is (for some reason or other) above critique, it does not, in my opinion, belong on this site.

Sure, then critique the actual topic at hand. Providing a shallow drive-by "critique" of the writing style or information delivery, especially with such an emotional topic, does not contribute to the conversation in any way. This is Hacker News, not "Rate my Writing".

If the topic is that someone has died, this is impossible to criticize, and therefore does not belong here. If the topic is the article itself, it should be open to criticism. Which is it?

Re: On the Loss of a Cofounder

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This is sad to hear. This is huge loss for the family, the co-founder and also for the startup. Not to be insensitive but had to raise this topic because this is very rare situation, Anyone knows how the stock of the co-founder handled in this situation in early stage startup, at least in US?

I believe standard co-founder agreements have a "without cause" termination or "resign for Good Reason" agreement which accelerates the co-founder's vesting cycle in event of death or disability. The transfer of shares by will or intestacy to immediate family members may or may not be subject to a repurchase option by the Company.

Tl;dr it depends entirely on the specific wordings of stock purchase the agreement.

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