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You can, but some people have a big conscience and want to deliver on the expectations people have of them, so some people can't just "walk away." It's those p
by chimi 14y ago
You can, but some people have a big conscience and want to deliver on the expectations people have of them, so some people can't just "walk away."
It's those people who are suicidal in failed startup scenarios.
- tptacek 14y agoDo we have a lot of evidence that startup failure is actually a suicide trigger? And, more so than student loan debt, or job termination, or flunking out of school? I worry a little about enshrining this bit of conventional wisdom. Startup founders feel pretty exceptional as it is without adding the idea that they carry the weight of the world.