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This does not convey the sentiment that Paul expressed. I took away : friends will work on a project through the bad times out of loyalty (which happens to be
by HNer 16y ago
This does not convey the sentiment that Paul expressed.
I took away : friends will work on a project through the bad times out of loyalty (which happens to be a good thing), while co founders who were not friends will bail at the point when the walls come crashing down.
- alnayyir 16y agoThat's what I meant to express precisely. I'm sorry you were dissatisfied but I was fighting leiningen and swank-clojure while transcribing. You may have your refund of $0.00 for my services in two weeks.
- Samuel_Michon 16y agoAlso, he stated that every startup will go through such a phase, where it seems that there's really no point in continuing. Even with startups that are bound to be really successful, the founders first have to find some way to get through that rut. If the founders were already good friends, they will pull each other through it, if for no other reason but because they enjoy working together.
- HNer 16y agoSamuel_Michon, That's what I said... (almost) since you misstated one of the points 'if for no other reason than the co founders like working with each other' when PG actually said they will continue to work out of loyalty and not wanting to let their friend down.
- Samuel_Michon 16y agoDidn't mean to criticize you. I personally found it quite enlightening to hear Graham say that every startup will eventually go through a tough phase, whether or not the business has any chance of making it -- I felt that little nugget of truth needed some attention. Everything else I said in that post were my own words, especially the reasoning on why good friends stick it out. I find it kind of negative to simply put it on guilt -- I choose to believe that good friends work together and help each other out because they like each other, not because of fear of losing a friendship.