Ask YC: Dealing with post startup depression

Re:Ask YC: Dealing with post startup depression by iamelgringo on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @11:43AM (#146986)

As Pmarca wrote: attempting to improve your batting average of hits versus misses is a waste of time as you progress through a creative career. Instead you should just focus on more at-bats -- more output.

Link here: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/08/age-and-the-ent.html

The ratio of success to failure in tech startups ranges from 1:3 to 1:10 depending on who you read. That means pace yourself, you might have to do this a couple of times before you get a home run.

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Re:Ask YC: Dealing with post startup depression by Alex3917 on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @12:58PM (#147069)

The best way I ever heard it phrased was, "Not everyone gets a home run, but sooner or later you're bound to get hit by a ball and walked."

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Re:Ask YC: Dealing with post startup depression by dennykmiu on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @01:29PM (#147101)

I wrote about my own experience in recovering from a failed startup. It is sort of like forcing yourself to get up after falling off a bike. It just needs to get done. Hope it helps.

http://www.lovemytool.com/blog/2007/10/riding-a-bike.html

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Re:Ask YC: Dealing with post startup depression by astine on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @04:58PM (#147273)

Yeah, but there's no dignity in that, and besides, the run may be taken away anyway.

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