Startup Identity and the Sadness of a Successful Exit (2013)
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The article discusses the emotional aftermath of a successful startup exit, prompting a heated discussion about the authenticity of founders' post-exit struggles, with commenters expressing skepticism and criticism towards those who claim to be 'lost and aimless' after achieving financial success.
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It’s pathetic.
The look founder and notch after selling to Microsoft … go get therapy. Go figure out or remember what it was like to be human. You know when you were 5 in a sandpit with friends when you didn’t have money as your only goal?
How painfully pathetic this whining from these very wealthy founders is.
Just put on the Patagonia vest and go be a VC like everyone else did.