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A comment on Ask HN: If my startup fails, what are the impacts on my future career prospects?.

Re:Ask HN: If my startup fails, what are the impacts on my f... by lmeyerov on Sunday June 19, 2016 @01:20AM (#11931879)
As someone on the other side of the table at a startup, I always ask, and it depends on the answer.

-- Con: flight risk, collaboration risk

-- Pro: for valid reasons, they don't want the founder stress, risk, focus, whatever (say due to family, time, whatever), but love the environment. Such people are amazing: a classic "barrel" (http://firstround.com/review/Keith-Rabois-on-the-role-of-a-C...) .

We've been working the past few months with someone like this, and he is basically a multiplier on our ability to execute!

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Re:Ask HN: If my startup fails, what are the impacts on my f... by galistoca on Sunday June 19, 2016 @02:27AM (#11932022)
The "con" part actually has nothing to do with whether you failed at a startup or not. Like you said it depends on the answer, which means you make the decision based on the personality at the end of the day, not based on the failure itself. So I would say there is no "cons".
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