[allofitt]

Been here. It's the pits.

The more I see these kinds of posts (and I'm seeing them a lot lately), the more I think we need a community specifically for this stuff. Where we talk about the difficulties of entrepreneurship, and how terrible it gets. Where you must be this damaged to enter.

Because frankly, I don't think HN itself is the right place to talk about how many times I've tied a noose.

If I had more time I would start something like this.

[macguyver]

Exactly this. It's terribly demoralizing to go through the bs associated with a job search after a failed startup. I would be happy to start something up with one or more cofounders.

What we need is a job placement service for (temporarily) failed entrepreneurs, a support network, and possible more.

Entrepreneurship is like parenthood. It takes doing it to know what it's like, and it's very harsh when there's little to no support.

People who have the guts to start something and have something (scars included) to show have initiative, drive, ambition. They should have no problem finding jobs, support and whatever resource they need.