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Thanks for the thoughtful response. Regarding our situation: the company ran for about 4 years. We raised a couple rounds and had customers like MTV and Sony,

by robfitz 15y ago

Thanks for the thoughtful response. Regarding our situation: the company ran for about 4 years. We raised a couple rounds and had customers like MTV and Sony, so it wasn't a total flop or anything. I'm not actively hurting -- I've had two companies since then, which both quickly failed without funding or the drama of extensive hiring & firing. But I do talk to lots of early-stage founders, so I often reflect on that first failure when I see it happening in others. I also see the stories in the PR circuit which don't quite ring true, but which are still some of the only guidance new founders receive. Like yours, my experiences suggest that reality is a lot messier and more ambiguous than that.

gravling 15y ago
Partial Flops are worse than total ones. And PR circuits, well, they are PR. Shaded reality at best. And if you have had 2 companies fail without the drama, quickly, then you have learned the lesson I most wanted to make sure you knew before you ended up to your ears in unnecesary guilt. You have managed to get up and get it going again. I wish you all the best in your coming endeavours. And if there is a HN way to send a poster your email address, non-publicly, then let me know and I will send you mine. I am quite sure you have learned many things I would be interested in learning, and I'd love to swap adventures in money-making land. best, Grävling (which means Badger in Swedish)
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