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Okay. I'm just telling my stories, I'm not entitled to the #1 spot and I'm not canvasing votes (ok, I asked my husband to vote). If a couple of people read thi

by dmor 14y ago

Okay. I'm just telling my stories, I'm not entitled to the #1 spot and I'm not canvasing votes (ok, I asked my husband to vote). If a couple of people read this and got fired up to have some balls and take some risk, that's good enough for me.

kintamanimatt 14y ago
Hey, ya know what? I loved the post. It's exactly what I needed to read this morning. Thank you!
snikolov 14y ago
For what it's worth, I loved your post too. It reminded me of chats with my advisor. I'd walk in thinking "who the hell am I to push the boundaries of human knowledge?" and walk out excited to get back to work.
sachingulaya 14y ago
Well, at least you're straightforward that this is your storytelling time. I come to HN for the increasingly rare high signal:noise ratio content and discussion. Given that I don't think HN is the proper medium for this kind of expression. I read more of your blog and see that you think these are 'troll posts'. They're not.
- dmor 14y ago
  I don't think you are trolling, I just can't control what makes it to the front page or not. Clearly this resonated with some people. I am not sure why my story as a startup founder isn't the right kind of stuff for HN, I've been a part of this community for a long time and posted a broad range of stuff from code to news to marketing advice and on and on... I'm not trying to fit the mold, I'm just sharing my experiences and its way to late for me to get apologetic about it
  - btrautsc 14y ago
    keep it going. The underlying message of the post was spot on for founders, young people, future risk takers alike. may not hit every demo' but it worked for me. thanks.
  - acoyfellow 14y ago
    I really respect your attitude towards the haters. I love learning things from you Danielle, keep it up.
peteretep 14y ago
We're not meant to post comments like this on HN, but I also enjoyed the post, so please continue to write and post stuff like this. One of the strengths of HN's ranking system appears to be that story downvotes are pretty limited, so that stories that appeal to just 10% of readers can be aired too - don't take it to heart.

by dmor 14y ago

kintamanimatt 14y ago

Hey, ya know what? I loved the post. It's exactly what I needed to read this morning. Thank you!

snikolov 14y ago

For what it's worth, I loved your post too. It reminded me of chats with my advisor. I'd walk in thinking "who the hell am I to push the boundaries of human knowledge?" and walk out excited to get back to work.

sachingulaya 14y ago

Well, at least you're straightforward that this is your storytelling time. I come to HN for the increasingly rare high signal:noise ratio content and discussion. Given that I don't think HN is the proper medium for this kind of expression. I read more of your blog and see that you think these are 'troll posts'. They're not.

dmor 14y ago
I don't think you are trolling, I just can't control what makes it to the front page or not. Clearly this resonated with some people. I am not sure why my story as a startup founder isn't the right kind of stuff for HN, I've been a part of this community for a long time and posted a broad range of stuff from code to news to marketing advice and on and on... I'm not trying to fit the mold, I'm just sharing my experiences and its way to late for me to get apologetic about it
- btrautsc 14y ago
  keep it going. The underlying message of the post was spot on for founders, young people, future risk takers alike. may not hit every demo' but it worked for me. thanks.
- acoyfellow 14y ago
  I really respect your attitude towards the haters. I love learning things from you Danielle, keep it up.

peteretep 14y ago

We're not meant to post comments like this on HN, but I also enjoyed the post, so please continue to write and post stuff like this. One of the strengths of HN's ranking system appears to be that story downvotes are pretty limited, so that stories that appeal to just 10% of readers can be aired too - don't take it to heart.