[nyc_str8tsh00t]

Whether you agree with it or not, Xcube makes thoughtful reasoned points; you are just name calling and trying to silence critics.

There are tons of supportive comments on this thread. Tons. Presumably these are all people who have exactly zero first-hand knowledge of the situation. They are taking Seth at his word that this is an honest description of what actually went down. I hardly think it's obvious that he did this all for the sake of educating the rest of us. He could just as easily be trying to control the narrative as his startup implodes - a very common trait of founders in his position.

This guy clearly made more than just a few "mistakes" - some of the things he outlines here persisted for months if not years... and most of this is just an artful description of what "in plain English" amounts to lying to the public, his team, his co-founders, and his investors for a very long time.

So personally, I have to ask: what makes YOU (and others on this thread) believe what he's saying here? How do we know there's not more to the story?

I agree with others that here that we should all hold our judgement, and our praise, unless we hear more than just one side of the story.

[rwallace]

The reason I believe what Seth is saying here is that if he chose to lie to make himself look better, he could trivially have done far better than this.

If he were putting someone else down, I would agree with withholding judgment - in either direction - until we heard both sides of the story. But he did no such thing. Nothing in the article contains any hint of blame for anyone except himself.