Hey startup parasites: We don't have time for you

Post by eonw » Thu, Apr 16, 2015, 5:10 PM UTC

DanBC wrote: post #49

coderdude wrote: post #36

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I don't think it's a topic we need to tiptoe around. This is one of the few places where it should be normal to write about it casually. Describing it as 'deteriorating mental health' makes it sound like something to be ashamed of. Like burning out means you've gone bonkers. That attitude probably deters many founders from wanting to talk about it.

I agree that burnout is serious. That's why I think it's weird to see it so casually dismissed - this guy burntout but that's okay because we got some cash and we were able to keep going. I don't think it's okay to allow people to burnout; and if their job is causing burnout something about the job needs to change. It's odd that you call for people to discuss their mental health problems while simultaneously using de…

Post by RastaMasta » Mon, Apr 27, 2015, 11:13 AM UTC

borgia wrote: post #19

My team snagged tickets to the web summit in Dublin last year, not to present but just as attendees. We actually had a great time at it, got to see some good talks, some not so good, and met a huge amount of really cool and interesting people at the eating/drinking events held afterward. I can see how there would be a huge amount of opportunities there for startups. There is a vast amount of money people, lots of tec…