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It is easy to criticize founders when they launch something new. Given enough time, you'll often look smart for doing so since nothing is perfect, and most star
by akharris 8y ago
It is easy to criticize founders when they launch something new. Given enough time, you'll often look smart for doing so since nothing is perfect, and most startups don't end up the way founders hope at the beginning.
I worked with this team for a long time. They built products that people used and that came close being huge. They're nice, smart, good people.
It would be better, I think, to have an honest conversation with them about what might not have gone quite the way they expected or about why they did what they did. It would require more thought and curiosity, but would be far more interesting.
- minimaxir 8y ago> It is easy to criticize founders when they launch something new. Given enough time, you'll often look smart for doing so since nothing is perfect, and most startups don't end up the way founders hope at the beginning. That's fair, which is why I typically haven't commented on Show HNs/Launch HNs. However, when a startups receives a substantial amount of venture capital from a(nother) top tier firm based on that startup's idea, it's also fair to open the startup to more scrutiny/skepticism.