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You sound almost exactly like me 2 years ago. 1. House in default, to be foreclosed 2. 3 kids under 6, wife was pregnant 3. Years of trying startups and all out of cash 4. Utilities all to be soon cut off 5. Getting any bit of cash to buy food What I did. 1. As much as I swore never to return to work, I got a contract job (6 months). It stung, I wasn't in a good headspace at that time. 2. Borrowed some money from my…
Seems like a troll.
I agree themanthatfell currently has 1154 karma, but he got the majority of it from this post and the account was only created 7 days ago. You're getting unfairly down voted.
i myself have been in this situation, although it was my father in your shoes and i was the child. i also remember the police knocking at the door and our family having to pick up and move.
your courage and commitment to chase your idea and pursue your dream is part of who you are. i know it may be hard to see this now, but it is this ambition and bravery that your family will always remember and love you for. as children, we knew that our dad was having some tough times and that there would be changes in our lives because of it, but none of this ever gave rise to any questions of his love. we always knew that our dad loved us, and that in the end, that was all that mattered.
i know its hard to see the good things now, but just remember that your family is there for you, through the good times and the bad. your children will always love and respect you - not for how well or how bad your business did, but for the parts of you that made you give it a shot.
i dont have many resources myself, and even fewer industry connections, but if you are ever in/around the pittsburgh area id be more than happy to lend an ear or do what i can to help.
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That's the risks of entrepreneurship. I come from an extremely entrepreneurially inclined family and I vividly remember having sheriffs of the court coming to knock on the door when I was growing. Its not all rosy when you are in the inside. I remember the kids at school were impressed by the big house and nice cars, we had 3 but only 2 driver, but there are other things that happen behind the scenes. Good luck man,…
> That's the risks of entrepreneurship Not in the web world it doesn't have to be. It all comes back to the right way and the wrong way to start your business. The wrong way is by taking out credit, quitting your day job prematurely, spending other people's money, leveraging your family's future, and jeopardizing your mental/emotional well being. The right way is by creating a system that is robust; a job to pay the…
My wife cried reading all of your comments. I guess we were looking for some sign that someone somewhere is pulling for us. During the first hour this post was up I hovered over the delete more than once. It doesn't seem right to bring an entire ecosystem of ambitious and wonderful people a story of failure. I guess I learned that hitting delete would be worse. Thank you from the 5.3 of us.
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EDIT: Some of the ideas, for the curious, not in correct order 1. I thought that I could use Trolltech QT, when the green phone was coming out, to write apps, etc. The green phone never took off and was horrible to program with 2. I was writing backup software, OSX, successfully. Took on a partner for sales and he essentially killed everything. Sold the source code after a few years of it sitting idle for a few macBo…
I thought your name looked vaguely familiar, then read bullet point 5 there. This editor wouldn't have happened to be Pepper, would it? I always wondered what happened to it after it had been bought. (I may have bought a license for Pepper; I know I had one for its BeOS predecessor Pe.)
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...but this comment which is sincere, genuine and offered to someone for whom this could be greatly helpful has made me seriously reconsider. Kudos. I felt you'd appreciate an unhedged opinion rather than me adding a bunch of weasel words like "I had the impression, right or wrong, that you were a bullying cock..." I meant to say, very sincerely, that I was moved by your offer of help and it very much made me reconsi…
I hate to be go all happy family on you, but please avoid swear words in a public forum like hacker news. There are enough forums where that sort of behaviour is a part of the culture and it degrades everyone.