Comments on: The Deconstruction of a Failing Startup http://gigaom.com/2007/12/07/the-deconstruction-of-a-failing-startup/ Business, Internet, Technology & Strategy Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:37:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Abe Gerome http://gigaom.com/2007/12/07/the-deconstruction-of-a-failing-startup/#comment-874596 Abe Gerome Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:33:03 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/12/07/the-deconstruction-of-a-failing-startup/#comment-874596 Very interesting post! It's good to know those things and it's important to learn that people like you don't give up. I have a small start up of my own and I'm trying to do everything right. I'm saving every penny on management, for example, using Wrike http://www.wrike.com/, which helps me greatly for just $5 a month. I really hope that everything will be great with my business. Thanks again for the post! Very interesting post! It’s good to know those things and it’s important to learn that people like you don’t give up. I have a small start up of my own and I’m trying to do everything right. I’m saving every penny on management, for example, using Wrike http://www.wrike.com/, which helps me greatly for just $5 a month. I really hope that everything will be great with my business.
Thanks again for the post!

]]> By: Hasan http://gigaom.com/2007/12/07/the-deconstruction-of-a-failing-startup/#comment-874595 Hasan Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:58:25 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/12/07/the-deconstruction-of-a-failing-startup/#comment-874595 this is an excellent post, it takes some guts to reveal the real hardships behind starting a start-up. side not: First paragraph - foundering - should be floundering? this is an excellent post, it takes some guts to reveal the real hardships behind starting a start-up.
side not: First paragraph – foundering – should be floundering?

]]> By: Jay Parkhill http://gigaom.com/2007/12/07/the-deconstruction-of-a-failing-startup/#comment-874594 Jay Parkhill Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:37:31 +0000 http://foundread.com/2007/12/07/the-deconstruction-of-a-failing-startup/#comment-874594 In the book Founders at Work Max Levchin and James Hong make almost the same point. Max tells a long-ish story about how one's attitude can swing wildly even though nothing in the business has changed at all. James says it more simply: starting a business means feeling like you are bipolar. It sounds like Phil's post was written on a downswing, which is too bad. It is important to face up to the business's problems and it is valuable to other entrepreneurs to understand that everyone goes through the same swings, but don't dwell on the negatives. Acknowledge them, work to fix them, then let go of the angst. It'll pass. In the book Founders at Work Max Levchin and James Hong make almost the same point.

Max tells a long-ish story about how one’s attitude can swing wildly even though nothing in the business has changed at all. James says it more simply: starting a business means feeling like you are bipolar.

It sounds like Phil’s post was written on a downswing, which is too bad. It is important to face up to the business’s problems and it is valuable to other entrepreneurs to understand that everyone goes through the same swings, but don’t dwell on the negatives. Acknowledge them, work to fix them, then let go of the angst. It’ll pass.

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