Statement 1: "Rocketr is a collaborative notetaking tool"
Statement 2: "this startup thing ain’t for the faint of heart"
Author is saying: "Making collaborative notetaking tool (and selling it) is not for the faint of heart"
It makes be depressed by this kind of blogs. People are assuming life to be full of comfort if they are not working on startups. Try 9 to 5. It also seems that the younger generation's threshold for pain is way lower. Somehow I don't think people who agree with the blog will ever attempt to goto the moon or build a bridge or build a dam or even do a marathon.
It's post's like this, knowing others are going through the tough emotional cycles, that inspires and helps all of us. Yes building a company is still really f*cking hard!!
Signing a $50,000 contract when you don't have the money to pay for it sure is gambling alright, but it's gambling with someone else's time, money and livelihood. I sure hope the vendor was in on the risk.
There's a lesson in this for all you contractors out there. Take money up front (I used to expect 50% for small projects, but less for larger ones.) Don't assume your client necessarily has the money to pay once you've completed the job.
Yup. I just left a comment on the blog about this.
There's a little more context there that is probably relevant to this story. In short, the bet wasn't made quite so belligerently. It just so happened that unexpected circumstances made the situation a little more dire than we anticipated when we signed it.
Dear web 2.0 hipsters: there are guys like Elon Musk and John Carmack actually launching rockets. This is nothing to do with that. It's just a silly little website with a toy iPhone app. Please try to pick some halfway meaningful names.
Please do. I saw the photo of a control room and thought there was some kind of actual rocket engine being tested or something, then I finally got to the "iphone app launched" line.
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 42.4 ms ] threadAuthor is saying: "Making collaborative notetaking tool (and selling it) is not for the faint of heart"
It makes be depressed by this kind of blogs. People are assuming life to be full of comfort if they are not working on startups. Try 9 to 5. It also seems that the younger generation's threshold for pain is way lower. Somehow I don't think people who agree with the blog will ever attempt to goto the moon or build a bridge or build a dam or even do a marathon.
There's a lesson in this for all you contractors out there. Take money up front (I used to expect 50% for small projects, but less for larger ones.) Don't assume your client necessarily has the money to pay once you've completed the job.
There's a little more context there that is probably relevant to this story. In short, the bet wasn't made quite so belligerently. It just so happened that unexpected circumstances made the situation a little more dire than we anticipated when we signed it.
I'm looking at you too, Urban Airship.
I hate these people.
You hate the people who don't pay. And I don't blame you. That being said, you probably don't care whether they sold lemonade to get it.