mattman

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by mattman 15y ago
I'm blown away and truly humbled by the compassion, advice, encouragement, and offers of help in all of your responses and emails. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I feel validated, empowered, and now more hopeful that things could ev
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by mattman 15y ago
I'd like to think that I've thought about this, but almost every interest of mine involves something that in no way shape or form includes being around for my family. But you are right in the fact that I need to focus more on what I find en
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by mattman 15y ago
Yes, a lot actually. South America is on my radar for this very reason. My thinking is that if employers, clients, or other startups aren't seeing obvious/immediate value in my collective experiences, that companies/projects in other parts
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by mattman 15y ago
Really good point, how do I go about achieving this? I'd like to believe that I have the skills, insights, strength, and endurance for all these things, but yet, I have to accept the reality that so far it has gotten me nothing. I'm open to
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by mattman 15y ago
Yes I actually agree with you. I should have provided better context: 9-5 meaning that people here are mostly content with what they have. They aren't out and about in the city looking to build new ventures, take risks on big, unproven idea
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by mattman 15y ago
Great direct advice and very true, but tough to stick to in all cases. Thanks.
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by mattman 15y ago
Thanks for the learned helplessness link. I'll look into that more. As for exercise, I take walks, bike, etc. The thing I'm missing the most are having other like minded people around to share ideas and progress. But maybe I need to look in
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by mattman 15y ago
1) Re: 9-5 - Thanks for catching that. My frustration came through on that a bit. I changed the wording. 2) Re: skills - I do everything but program. And by everything I mean everything - funding, prod dev, marketing, sales, operations, s
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Failed entrepreneur, broke, unemployed, now taking care of aging parents. Help.
236 points by mattman 15y ago|140 comments