[xkxx]

> I Lost Everything

I doubt that a person who can post about it on the internet did actually lose everything. Most likely he leads quite a luxurious life: he is a wealthy (compared to other parts of the world) American, most likely wrote his story from his MacBook and has a place to live. A lot of people can only dream about a life like his. His expectations is what makes him believe that he "lost everything".

P.S. Clicked on the link after writing this post. Yeah, the guy actually wrote it from his MacBook.

[seibelj]

With this line of thinking, no one is entitled to feel bad about anything unless they live in a mud hole and eat bugs for breakfast.

[elefanten]

If you read all the way through, you'd see that they have since started and sold another startup. At least, that's their story.

[wolco]

That is the part of the story that sounded made up. A few months later he founded another company the right way and sold in it in 9 months.

Judging by the comment that he would never pay by the hour instead using a flat salary he would simply assign expected tasks and deadlines. Not sure that strategy attracts the type of developer who could build the next facebook.

The problem with trying to figure out what your product is by actually developing it is usually solved by designing what you want with pen and paper first.

Most successful businesses start with a product idea and the difficult part is getting funding to built it. It sounds like the author started with money but no vision.