littlegiantcap
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Comment · 13 years ago
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Comment · 13 years ago
This is a little off topic, but here goes. Shameless self promotion incoming.
I'm working on a startup called http://APIXchange.co
Think 99 designs but for API integration. Basically, freelancers with experience with various APIs do integration for people wanting to use specific technologies.
Feel free to shoot me any questions you may have. [email protected]
Comment · 13 years ago
Awesome team building something really cool. Congrats!
Comment · 13 years ago
Wise from the perspective of attracting investors? Maybe. Wise from the perspective of running a functional business? No. Fudging metrics to make yourself feel better is crazy. How are you expected to know the actual health of your business without having a clear view of metrics as simple as revenue, marketing, and returns.
Comment · 13 years ago
It seems as though it's not really what you know, but what you're willing to do/learn. I was the business founder in my last startup, and I picked up technical skills to help when needed and coached my co-founders on sales when they needed to step in. IMHO if you're founding a startup there is nothing that isn't in your job description.
Comment · 13 years ago
Couldn't these things just be increasingly safe car designs? When I started driving in 2005 side curtain airbags weren't even that common much less all the safety features we have today.
Comment · 13 years ago
For situational depression it can. Clinical depression is an entire other beats, but regular exercise increases the levels of serotonin in your brain and releases more endorphins that elevate your mood.
Comment · 13 years ago
As someone who is finally starting to get out of being depressed don't do it. The important thing here is to tell yourself it will get better. There are 2 things that really helped me.
1. Is changing your perspective. You don't care about life anymore? What an absolutely fantastic opportunity to break every single societal norm and do the things you've always dreamed of doing but were too scared to. Go skydiving, get a classic car, whatever. Make the kind of fun/dumb decisions that people do when they're in high school. Wear your depression like a coat of armor to do whatever the fuck you want.
2. Exercise and sunlight. I'm serious man, I was (still am obese), but working out, eating right, and getting outside has effectively cured me. Especially the sunlight thing. Vitamin D deficiency can cause depression. Want some statistics to back it up? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_ra... Look at the countries near the bottom of the list. Sunshine. They're all in the Middle East or the Caribbean. Getting outdoors can do wonders.
Those are the 2 things that helped me, but there's many more ways to get better. Talk to someone, a therapist, a friend, whatever. The fact that you're reaching out right now tells me you probably have doubts about what you're thinking about doing. There really is so much to live for. The fact that a stranger took the time to type up their experience and share it with you should be proof of that. Besides, you obviously haven't always felt like this. You can get back to the way you were. There is hope, it's just hard to see right now.
P.S. don't drink. I made that mistake and drowned myself in whiskey for a couple of months. It will make it worse not better. Trust me.
Comment · 13 years ago
Exactly. Just like getting a job you have to pay your dues in a lower position before you get to be the CEO.
Comment · 13 years ago
Not a bad idea. The design needs work. I can tell you right now that I'll never use your service though. I'm a pretty big bro, but honestly your entire tone is incredibly condescending. Just because I wear polos and was in a fraternity doesn't mean that I deserve to be talked to or treated like a child.
Comment · 13 years ago
That's incredibly interesting. I'm actually working on a startup with my SO too. It's been a trip so far. I really feel like we're growing closer because of it. Plus she doesn't bother me about working odd hours because she's next to me :)
Any advice for someone starting down this path?
Comment · 13 years ago
In the Adria Richards trial there are 2 upstanding people. Jim Frankiln (CEO of Sendgrid) Who offered not only a pertinent, but fair fair reaction to this entire thing, but also The Pycon staff members. Who, without ego or vendetta, enforced the rules as described. I salute both of these people.