[chris123]

Interesting. I'm sure we'll be hearing from Rob and Josh again soon. As others have said, this is not a failure, it's milestone on their journey and learning experience.

Their story has inspired me to write a blog post based around the following premise:

Taking that VC money is a root cause of most/all of the "Deadly Mistakes" Rob and Josh made.

Whatever you think about that premise, hopefully you'll agree that it's not a bad idea to stop, think, and discuss before you make an irreversible, and potentially fatal, decision.

Here is the blog post (too long to cut and paste here): ""Bootstrap or Die - Lessons Learned From a Web Startup's Murder/Suicide"": http://bootstrappy.blogspot.com/2010/02/bootstrap-or-die-les...