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People here are quite harsh on Seth Bannon. He is a prolific poster on HN, whose comments and articles often have pretty good insights. Yet every time I read
by CamelCaseName 8y ago
People here are quite harsh on Seth Bannon.
He is a prolific poster on HN, whose comments and articles often have pretty good insights.
Yet every time I read about his history, I just ask, why? So many of his choices and risks seem so reckless. Is he truly foolish? Or are we the beneficiaries of hindsight, of stress free decision making, ungrounded in the day-to-day reality of running Amicus?
I think the latter is closer to the truth. Meeting him in real life, I realized he was just as sharp in person as on paper. (Also very good at Catan. Damn you Seth.)
And talking with Seth was one of the conversations that helped me to get started on my business, which should break $200K in sales this year.
From what I know about his current startup investments, I think the headlines will be a lot kinder to him in the years to come.
Seth has ample ambition, and when someone with ambition finds an opportunity they want, but lack the credentials for, they'll fight for it regardless. Seth's mistake was thinking others were the same.
- sethbannon 8y agoThanks so much for the empathetic and kind comments. And I'm so happy to hear I played a small part in your business! I'd love to hear more. For those that don't know, as a first time founder and CEO I made a large number of mistakes I wish I hadn't. In retrospect, they seem bone headed but none of it was clear at the time. I wrote about those mistakes so others might avoid making them [1]. Unfortunately that blog post has been turned into a couple takedown pieces at my expense. Such is life. 1: http://sethbannon.com/mistakes-you-should-never-make http://sethbannon.com/mistakes-you-should-never-make
- oldManRiver 8y agoDon't worry about it man, everyone fucks up. I'm on startup #8 and I've learned something at all the prior jobs and startups to do and not to do. Experience is sometimes learned the hard way, being a hardheaded person myself, this is my preferred course :-)
- kirubakaran 8y agoThank you so much for writing about your experiences.
- FlyingLawnmower 8y agoThank you for sharing your experience and journey with us. It's disheartening to see that your courage in speaking up and sharing is rewarded with such a negative attitude. I appreciate your attitude.