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Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by metadat on Sunday July 09, 2023 @11:27AM (#36655256)
Tangential: I'll never forget the story of Lee. One of the few times I've I've shed so many tears over someone I never met.

https://www.wired.com/story/lee-holloway-devastating-decline...

Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by Angostura on Sunday July 09, 2023 @11:42AM (#36655404)
frontotemporal dementia - horrific.
Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by jacquesm on Sunday July 09, 2023 @11:53AM (#36655538)
Holy crap that's a heavy story.
Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by toomuchtodo on Sunday July 09, 2023 @12:00PM (#36655613)
Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by eastdakota on Sunday July 09, 2023 @12:32PM (#36655925)
Thank you for posting. We could never have built Cloudflare without Lee. His disease is incredibly tragic and in many ways literally unimaginable. Today he is still alive but has continued to cognitively decline. I am happy that Cloudflare’s success has ensured he has the support he needs. I miss having him as a cofounder and friend every day.
Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by martin8412 on Sunday July 09, 2023 @12:51PM (#36656117)
I bawled my eyes out the first time I read it, and it's not any easier this time. I'm happy the success of Cloudflare has allowed him the best available care, even if all his money can't cure him within his own lifetime.

It's a horrifying disease.