[the-dude]

What I feel is lacking from this postmortem is looking inwards : did you make mistakes and how did it affect the outcome.

Answer : we made a huge mistake to trust people with all our money. This mistake has led to all our problems.

I know it sounds obvious, but still.

[learc83]

It's in big bold letters.

"We were wrong."

[the-dude]

I see what you are getting at, but my comment stands. Responsibility is not being taken.

[learc83]

It was a stupid risk, they said as much. Why are you insisting on self-flagellation?

They are the victims here (assuming they are telling the truth).

I don't blame people for being taken advantage of by a conman. I might advise them not to be so trusting, but I don't go around demanding they publicly take full responsibility for being the victim of a scam.

[slantyyz]

>> They are the victims here (assuming they are telling the truth).

Aren't the real victims here the Kickstarter backers?

[the-dude]

> Why are you insisting on self-flagellation?

Because people who externalize tend to learn poorly.

[steve_adams_86]

A signifiant point of the post is to say that they learned something, and they hope others can learn from it too. Maybe the issue is you didn't read the full article?

[valuearb]

What I feel is lacking from your response is looking inwards : did you actually read the post.

Answer : I made a huge mistake to blame people for not doing what they clearly did. This mistake has led to my defensive shit-posting.

I know it sounds obvious, but still.

[the-dude]

Oh I definitely read it, not spelled it out but definitely not rushed it.

I just expressed my feelings.

[mikestew]

If “responsibility is not taken”, hopefully the courts can give The Woodshed Agency some responsibility.

[mikestew]

Wow, if anyone was wondering about the definition of “victim blaming”, the-dude just saved you a trip to Merriam-Webster.com.

[Tyrek]

It seems like it's even worse - "we were too lazy to jump through additional hoops to open a bank account in the proper jurisdiction and instead relied on a business partner to handle it for us"

[valuearb]

Their explanation was their marketing was already starting, they didn't have time to resolve the bank account issues.

[the-dude]

In other words : we have our priorities all fucked up.

They should have postponed until they had their financial infra in place.

[valuearb]

You can’t always postpone marketing commitments. Sometimes ads, articles, events, etc are already commuted and it’s too late to pull out.

I’m giving them the benefit of doubt. A small group of entrepreneurs working fast to launch a project occasionally misses how long a critical piece will take before the launch is already conmitted.

[the-dude]

I know the language is there, but I do miss something.