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I admire this post as an exception to the usual cheerful failure porn. Failing sucks. But-I-learned-something is the very least you can achieve without being
by blueboo 7y ago
I admire this post as an exception to the usual cheerful failure porn. Failing sucks.
But-I-learned-something is the very least you can achieve without being in a coma.
The time is lost.
Your waning bank account measures your (and maybe your families) prospects in an undeniably meaningful way.
The silver lining is...there isn’t one. The loss of time, energy, and money is something to grieve for. Every day is a reminder that it all could have been better spent.
When jumping into a startup, the question “why not” has very real and consequential answers. Beware and take this shit seriously.
- speedplane 7y ago> When jumping into a startup, the question “why not” has very real and consequential answers. Beware and take this shit seriously. The article listed a host of real and bad experiences, but it never said that if they could go back and do it again, they wouldn't.
- ramraj07 7y agoYou can come out of a failed startup with something still, if you consider yourself to be the product. So perhaps people should constantly ask themselves if what they are doing every moment improves them in some way or not first? Perhaps if you don't feel that way doing entrepreneureal stuff perhaps you are not suited for it.
- blueboo 7y agoEvery moment you're working, you're getting better at doing that thing, so there's that box ticked. Now you can justify going down with the ship, because you're getting really good at bailing water. Magical thinking to the very end...and beyond. Well, those VC furnaces need their coal.