I was living in a cinder block warehouse when we first started dating. We went out on a date one night and she looked stunning, pure class. When we got back, the water was off and so the bathroom wasn’t working. She went out into the yard and relieved herself out there. I thought, “damn, if she can look like that and handle this without a second thought, that’s wife material.”
@Austen Just watched it for this purpose over Christmas. All I can tell you is that my kids won’t be able to handle the Uruk Hai and Gollem until they like 20.
There comes a time in nearly every rocketship startup’s life when it hires a bunch of highly charismatic optics-obsessed executives with A+ resumes too quickly.
It typically takes the founder(s) 1-2 years to see the mistake and at least 1 year to unwind the mistake.
This is almost a rite of passage for silicon valley rocketships. Thing is, some recover fully from this mistake. Some don't, and it undermines their future trajectory.