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Re:How to Escape the Startup Trough of Sorrow by mellosouls on Saturday September 16, 2023 @04:42PM (#37538494)
(Very) OT: I would hazard a guess the striking phrase in the title originates (indirectly if not intentionally by the author) from "Slough of Despond" in The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough_of_Despond

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/131

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Re:How to Escape the Startup Trough of Sorrow by WJW on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:14PM (#37538784)
Oh I thought it was referencing the SaaS "ramp of death" from https://baremetrics.com/blog/long-slow-saas-ramp-of-death. Shows how much interpretations can change based on what you've already heard of I guess. :)
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Re:How to Escape the Startup Trough of Sorrow by Vagantem on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:42PM (#37539006)
And to add on to this, here is where I got the image in the blog post :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=173261
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