Sad story makes me sad. Keep on trying and accept the help of all the people in this thread. Christmas season has officially started.
Started a stupid company. Failed.
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#272Hey, other comments are going to give you a few lines telling you to not quit, that you should hang in there, and that it'll be alright. That may be true, but to me it sounds like you're possibly not doing well enough to make any of that possible, and you probably need to find work fast. Here's what I want to do: 1. I have a little list of companies looking for employees that I'll send you. Not much just companies th…
I agree, if he were young and single with no dependents maybe "hang in there" would be appropriate, but this guy just told us he has a wife, three kids, and a fourth on the way. To add to that he is out of money, out of credit, and out his house. When you haven't got a nickel to your name and you have five dependents, that's hardly the time to go "down for doubles" on a big risk (unless you are out of options)
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#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have for a while thought of you as (total honesty here) a bullying cock (though talented at what you do), but this comment which is sincere, genuine and offered to someone for whom this could be greatly helpful has made me seriously reconsider. Kudos.
Well, here we go again. You'll call me a cock, and then I'll rip you in half verbally, and then you'll forget that you called me a cock and go off telling everyone I'm such a big bad bullying meanie for all the horrible awful things I said to you, and then I'll be crushed by the general opinion all you highly influential meaningful people have about me that I'll... Wait, actually I don't give a fuck what you think. I…
I love you Zed. I would bear manbabies for you.
I can remember the old days when there wouldn't be a week without Zedshaw this and Zedshaw that on HN.
And the very fact I love you is your pure, raw, passionate ethics.
I like you because you do not just ignore dumbasses. You give them a chance to see gravity of their delusion and to repent. If that means taking a dude and rubbing his nose into the poo, then be it.
Zedshaw is like an amplifying mirror. Be nice to him and he will reflect and amplify the niceness. Take him for a fool... Brace down for some Righteous Fury (tm).
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
It still makes for a pretty damned backhanded compliment.
Understandable that it came off that way, genuinely not intended as that. It's bloody hard to express something sincerely on the internet without sounding like you're just being sarcastic.
IMO the best way to go about it in this case would have been simply to express your appreciation/admiration/whatever for his actions here, and ignore the past. That would clearly imply that you've at least somewhat adjusted your opinion, without having to explicitly bring it up.
Of course, it also wouldn't have spawned a hundred-comment sub-thread.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#275Here are two things you can consider:
1) Document why your company failed and have a PayPal Donate Button. I think a lot of people here will appreciate your sharing and glad to donate. I myself am one.
2) List out your skills and see if any remote work can be arranged.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#276Alas, what could have been an interesting discussion reduced to over analysis of some guy calling some other guy a cock.
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#277I'm totally down to help you. Let's meet up if you're in SF. I'll buy you coffee and hep you find something that works for you.
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#278startup blues
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#279Is this an opportunity to solve a real problem? In helping founders of failed startups. Would an "insurance model" startupt for startups make sense? I'm European, so not sure how this sounds in the USA.
Re: Started a stupid company. Failed.
#280To the OP: Thank you for sharing this. I'm sure it wasn't easy. I hope that some of the many folks offering help can give you a leg up. To everyone else: I like HN, but I often wish that it really was Hacker News instead of Startup News, and this is one reason why. I worked for a startup for a while, until it folded; now I'm maintaining servers at a university library, making mid-five digits a year, and I'm as happy…
It's true. None of us (in the "first world" at least) are truly short on money. What we're short on is time (life is short). The wisest advice I ever found on Hacker News was to live each day such that (1) it is enjoyable today, and (2) it also improves your prospects for tomorrow. If you neglect either one of those, you're screwing up and you'll eventually regret it.