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It boils down to not having a handle on the general ledger, which if not suicide is at least reckless self-endangerment. But I think it is plausible for someone
by gatehouse 12y ago
It boils down to not having a handle on the general ledger, which if not suicide is at least reckless self-endangerment. But I think it is plausible for someone who is administrativaphobic. But there is a reason this is mistake #1.
- dreamweapon 12y agoOr on another, much deeper level it boils down to: "OMG look we're so HAWT, we're co-founders after all, not gutless employees, and we're only in our 20s, doing all these amazing things, and we have this cool office and all these smart, hip people working for us.. and umm, budgets? due diligence? CPAs? What are those?"
- forgottenpass 12y agoWoah, slow down there bud. You're not allowed to have negative opinions on anything a entrepreneur does on Hacker News.
- cthulhuhodor 12y agogod bless you both!
- ugh123 12y ago> it is plausible for someone who is administrativaphobic Okay. But then you shouldn't really call oneself a CEO.
- infiniteri 12y agoIsn't that why he was writing this? To explain that his mistakes aren't representative of what he now knows he should do as CEO? I understand what you're saying on a literal level, but it's very possible he's been a good CEO in other areas that he hasn't mentioned here. I would hold off on the judgment.