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The point is that it's not aspirational, it's not original. It's intentionally mundane. His point is that the life of an average start-up founder is kind of c
by klochner 12y ago
The point is that it's not aspirational, it's not original. It's intentionally mundane. His point is that the life of an average start-up founder is kind of crappy with no sexy outcome ("no-exit"), working as a deluded serf on behalf of VC aristocracy (attending miley cyrus parties in vegas).
It reminds me of stories about the American middle class - not tragic, not great, a lot of hard work without much payoff. I think that's his intention.
- devindotcom 12y agoCertainly there is a great body of literature that occurs within mundane circumstances. But in this case I felt like the story itself was mundane - banal, really. Well - there's no disputing taste.
- pekk 12y agoIf the story were glamorous or exciting, it would be missing the point. Wouldn't it?
- icco 12y agoExactly. A classic "We were promised gold streets, but we got suburbia" kind of story. A few points are definitely exaggerated, but as the author admits, he had fallen for their story, and wanted them to succeed.