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Founder Depression, a Suicide Note and Anonymity

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4 pointsdanaseverson7 comments

"I wonder though, without anonymity, what would have happened?"

Actually, had there been full anonymity they wouldn't have had the email address, no contact would've been made and the help wouldn't have been possible.

“I am about to make my company a co-beneficiary of my life insurance. And, I will take my own life after that. I want to make it work for my investors and my company. I am done with this life. I am sorry.”

Something tells me that any life insurance policies have clauses for suicide, especially if you posted online prior to your suicide that you were about to scam them out of some money. Overall I think that mental illness is a very serious issue, however I feel like a startups anonymous seems pretty silly from what I can tell. That's just my $0.02.

Silly in what way?

Same reason it would be silly to have a mechanics anonymous, or a guitar players anonymous, etc... In my opinion if the pressures of being a founder is so much that you need to join some support group like an alcoholic or drug addict you should probably find another career path. Again, this is just my opinion. :)

I think you're missing the point. Like any other forum, Startups Anonymous is a place of likeminded people. It just so happens that this forum doesn't require you to pretend you're somebody that you're not, or that your company is "killing it" , when your struggling to figure it out like everyone else.

If the answer to solving issues was to change careers, nobody would be employed.

I don't think I'm missing the point at all. I don't think a forum for startups is silly at all. But per you're "about" page it's "Kinda like AA for startups." As I said before, I think having an AA like forum specifically for startups makes as much sense as having an AA like forum specifically for mechanics. I think in a way it belittles organizations like AA to compare your forum to that. What you just described to me, a forum for likeminded people, doesn't at all sound like AA to me? AA is a place where people with a serious problem, alcohol, go to get support for their addiction. If you're going to substitute alcohol with startup, that's what I feel is silly. Again, that's just my opinion. We'll have to agree to disagree. :)

Why do you think there are so many 'car accidents' with only single fatality?

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