It would have been easier to have stayed at Shipt. Being a CTO is a relatively easy job for me. But I don't measure my success by what is easy or what makes sense.

I certainly would have made more on this acquisition if I had stayed longer, but what can I say... being an entrepreneur is both a blessing and a curse!!!

Of course it's not so simple to avoid seeing others through the filter of our own past experiences, especially online where so little information is available. Most of what we're all doing when we read online comments is massive curve-fitting to our own pre-existing conditions. But the rules in the guidelines are designed to mitigate at least the worst effects.