[HN Gopher] Shutdown: Agora (YC S19)
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Shutdown: Agora (YC S19)
Author : cbtacy
Score : 33 points
Date : 2023-03-14 17:30 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| Lionga wrote:
| Seems like only praise and "our wonderful journeys" are allowed
| on "Bookface".
|
| Telling people about the true nature (bad for health, family,
| relationships) of a VC Startup? Hell no.
| cbtacy wrote:
| Definitely not a good look for YC.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| YC sells lottery tickets, not an understanding and acceptance
| that the lottery ticket is more luck than skill. That's what
| friends, loved ones, and a therapist are for. I highly
| recommend the latter.
|
| Enjoy the experience for having attempted, but don't feel bad
| if you fail. Most do, you're optimizing for the journey.
| Don't let it ruin you, there are more chapters to be had.
|
| https://www.shawnngtq.com/projects/y-combinator-startups-
| ana...
|
| https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/a-fifth-of-yc-
| startups...
|
| https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=db663a78-3219.
| ..
| cbtacy wrote:
| I was talking about how their rejection of this post is a
| bad look for YC, not about how their lack of support for
| the entrepreneur is a bad look.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| Me too. Our responses are just framed differently around
| the same problem. Sorry I wasn't able to make that more
| clear in my comment. Words are hard!
| gopalv wrote:
| > I struggled with making daily company decisions. Lots of doctor
| visits and hospital stays later, I was diagnosed with OCD and
| depression while trying to operate this company and bring my
| dreams to reality. This was not a recipe for success.
|
| That seems an unnecessary take-down of the founder in the middle.
|
| The "recipe for success" isn't a thing in you - the "recipe for
| success" is trying.
|
| And that she did, as much as she could. If this was a success
| story everything about being a barista would be said in the same
| admiring tones as the famous Vegas Fedex story.
|
| "You can't win the lottery without buying a ticket" is how I view
| silicon valley money, because you can win, but you have to put
| yours in to win it.
| CharlesW wrote:
| This is the first bullshit-free "Our Incredible Journey" post
| I've ever seen. Bravo, Allie!
| O__________O wrote:
| Over years, I have met a lot of founders, many of whom shared
| challenges they personally faced, many of whom it was
| heartbreaking knowing there was little to be done to help them.
|
| On same note, having seen similar YC batch and alumni situations
| play out on HN before, I hope it's obvious that YC is neither
| qualified to sort out mental health challenges founders face, nor
| should they attempt to do so in my opinion. YC to my knowledge
| doesn't place limits on the use of its investments in founders
| --and if a founder felt they needed to step back, pause, or use a
| fraction of the funds to get professional help, I would be very
| surprised if the group partners were not supportive of that.
| Further, given the sensitivity of the topic, I personally don't
| feel YC officially commenting would help anyone, and very
| possible might even be a breach of law depending of the specifics
| of the situation.
|
| For anyone passionate about startups, as former YC founder &
| former YC partner Daniel Gross said in a startup school
| presentation, your health is critical to winning at startups:
|
| https://youtube.com/watch?v=LH1bewTg-P4
|
| For anyone curious about Agora, their Wefunder page has a lot of
| information:
|
| https://wefunder.com/agora
| redbell wrote:
| For a second, by reading "Agora", somehow, my mind went to
| "Algolia".
|
| Anyway, although I'm not familiar with "Agora", I wish the best
| of luck to its founder(s) and the rest of the team who were
| affected by the shutdown.
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