Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp

Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by howlgarnish on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:56PM (#24796618)

Interesting read, but one thing that always strikes me reading this kind of story is how invested founders are in things that -- I'm sorry to say -- are not exactly earth shattering. I'd never heard of CircleUp before this, and their slogan "Creating a transparent and efficient market to drive innovation for consumer brands" still doesn't tell me what exactly it is that they do. Obviously they have investors and customers who found it worthwhile, but is it really worth sacrificing your health & family on this altar?

That said, I do wonder how Elon Musk, who's simultaneously trying to send humanity to Mars, convert the world to electric cars and solar panels, and create direct neural uplinks doesn't crack from the pressure though.

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by daniel-thompson on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:14PM (#24796719)

> That said, I do wonder how Elon Musk, who's simultaneously trying to send humanity to Mars, convert the world to electric cars and solar panels, and create direct neural uplinks doesn't crack from the pressure though.

Not to mention what I would consider the most important commitment for any parent: how does he find enough time to be a good father to his 6 kids?

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by remote_phone on Thursday October 15, 2020 @11:13PM (#24797066)

Easy answer: he’s not a good father. It’s his choice. I don’t think there’s anything particularly wrong about it, but it’s sad for his kids. Steve Jobs was a shitty parent as well. You can’t have a balanced life if you want to be extraordinary. It’s literally impossible.

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by LunaSea on Friday October 16, 2020 @06:47AM (#24799488)

> I don’t think there’s anything particularly wrong about it

I'd say that not being a good father by choice rather than necessity could be considered pretty wrong.

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by kbenson on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:19PM (#24796745)

As a father of three, I often feel I don't have enough time to be a good parent to that many. How does anyone have enough time to be a good parent to 6 children while also working? (That is, assuming "good" means more than "pays the bills and isn't a complete douchebag").

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by cwhiz on Friday October 16, 2020 @08:26AM (#24800099)

I’d say Elon Musk has been acting more and more erratically as time has gone on. Just this week he changed the price of the Model S to a meme, $69,420. Seriously.

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by thursday0987 on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:21AM (#24801049)

seriously good marketing, actually.

Here we are deep into a comment thread about a completely different company and you are spreading elon's message about the price chance of his product for free.

thats a genius move by musk.

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by cwhiz on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:33AM (#24801152)

Yes for all the people who didn't know about Tesla or Elon Musk. Now they know, and maybe they'll buy a Model S.

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by fairity on Friday October 16, 2020 @03:04PM (#24803939)

There's more to it than you're giving him credit for.

You call it erratic. Others see it as eccentric. And, that draws eyeballs.

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Re:Tuesday was my last day as CEO of CircleUp by fairity on Friday October 16, 2020 @03:02PM (#24803923)

There's more to life than trying to improve the human condition. People value different things, and it's very possible he will proudly look back on his time spent on CircleUp.

Put another way, not everyone wants to do the same things you do.

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