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No, Steve Jobs' death was only the second worst launch day ever. The last tech startup I was involved in (I'm really dating myself here ... ) me and the CEO we
by cstross 14y ago
No, Steve Jobs' death was only the second worst launch day ever.
The last tech startup I was involved in (I'm really dating myself here ... ) me and the CEO went to make our first pitch on September 12th, 2001.
I still have a box of business cards kicking around describing me as "CTO, zHosting Ltd". They'd make great roach papers if I could smoke (asthma: nature's way of reminding you to "just say no").
(We buried the company at a crossroads with a mouthful of garlic two weeks later. If we'd just been a month faster things could have been very different ...)