There is no substance in this post and it shouldn't be here.
The first post was okay, this one is basically writing for the sake of writing something.
We're killing it, bro
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Re: We're killing it, bro
#52You're a good writer, your posts on this topic have been compelling, and I believe you are quite sincere in your desire to do right by what remains of your startup and your team. That's why I feel compelled to ask: have you consulted your team before embarking on this blogging adventure? There's more than a hint of the macabre in the posts (hashtags such as "delusion" being a good example). Do your team members share…
Doesn't matter, it isn't real. Just PR/fiction to get HN upvotes.
Even if it is fiction it is good one. I'd buy the book.
Re: We're killing it, bro
#53I'll assume that's a real story (because why not?), and somewhat echo nkohari: This is not the end of the world. Companies rise and fall. People who work for startups do (and should) know the risk and life-to-death ratios involved. A startup has more chance of failing than making it, statistically. As long as you tried and did you best, you can only learn from the experience and move on to implement that learning in your next adventure.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think he's saying that a failed startup is like the end of your first serious high school relationship. It was your whole world for a while and when it comes crashing down it feels like nothing will ever be right again. But life goes on and if you're lucky you eventually look back and realized that you learned a lot and grew as a person and you've moved forward to other things that are now important to you.
It doesn't really help to comfort a broken hearted teenager by saying, "don't worry, you'll find love again! Just look at me and my beautiful wife!"
Except that, in your analogy, my wife is now married to someone else.
Re: We're killing it, bro
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
It doesn't really help to comfort a broken hearted teenager by saying, "don't worry, you'll find love again! Just look at me and my beautiful wife!"
Except that, in your analogy, my wife is now married to someone else.
The point of the analogy is merely this: You are telling someone going through a potentially awful experience that you were in an entirely different situation where the outcome for you was far far better.
So if you really want to stick with the analogy, it's like an amicably-divorced-and-remarried man telling a widower to just cheer up.