[entreprenewer]

The company I sold was indeed fully thought out - it was ranked one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America by INC Magazine in 2011 ;)

It was sold by the buyer who bought it from me (acquired by a supplier), and I have no control over the content anymore, but as far as I can tell the site has been completely replaced at least twice since I sold it.

As far as "living a life of lies," I take offense, and I'm not sure where you come to this conclusion.

For me, living a life of lies meant telling myself I was meant to go to Stanford and run a Silicon Valley Startup.

Since I'm not sure there's any basis to the rest of your critique, I don't know how to respond to it.

[brianmcdonough]

Your former company is falling to pieces. No fault of yours, but you might have checked it out before you linked to it.

For clarification as to my comment.

The lie: I behave this way because of the place I live.

The truth: I am responsible for my behavior, regardless of where I live.

The fault, therefore, is not Silicon Valley, but the choices I make every day.

Finally, congratulations, you not only have a choice of how you behave, but you also enjoy the rare choice of being able to choose where you live.

Enjoy your choices. That's all I was trying to say. And I think Silicon Valley is a beautiful area, so don't knock it unless you have a legitimate gripe ;)

[curbenthusiasm]

So... you're the same guy as OP?

[entreprenewer]

I'm actually not sure who the OP is... I'm the author of the article. Came here to post it myself and saw that it was already here. (You can see that my username matches the username the article links to on twitter, @entreprenewer)