What happened when my co-founder quit the night before our YC interview

Re:What happened when my co-founder quit the night before ou... by patio11 on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:51AM (#6730810)

This comment adds nothing to the discussion, because absolutely no one reading HN is unaware that that was preventable, and serves no purpose other than to mock someone building things. That should be anathema here.

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Re:What happened when my co-founder quit the night before ou... by piptastic on Thursday November 14, 2013 @01:06AM (#6730858)

Not sure I agree. Everyone thinks that backups aren't necessary until something happens to them.

Do you think the author had never heard of svn/backups until it happened to him?

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Re:What happened when my co-founder quit the night before ou... by matude on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:08AM (#6731040)

> Everyone thinks that backups aren't necessary until something happens to them.

On the contrary, everybody knows backups are necessary, the problem is bothering to actually do it regularly, especially on a high-intensity time of pre-launch. Personally I forgot to eat at times when working on our Kickstarter campaign video...

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Re:What happened when my co-founder quit the night before ou... by bambax on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:50AM (#6731166)

Agreed! I'm surprised of the number of comments of this ilk, as if it was the main point (or even a point) of this story.

If the OP had walked onto dog poo just before entering YC's offices and had brought an awful smell to the interview (which would belong to the same category of small catastrophes), would people point out that you really should watch your steps??

Besides, isn't it possible (not necessary, just possible) that successful entrepreneurs are the kind of people who don't have time to backup their stuff, make their bed in the morning, store 10 days of food in the fridge and buy stuff in pairs in case one breaks?

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