Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term relationship at same time

Re:Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term re... by balajis on Saturday June 28, 2014 @04:46AM (#7957784)

Hey, drop me a line: balajis at a16z dot com. We try to help entrepreneurs who have an experience like you've had get back on their feet. No promises, but often we can find you a great job at one of our portfolio companies.

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term re... by zacharycohn on Saturday June 28, 2014 @01:03PM (#7958667)

Do any VC's provide subsidized (and heavily encouraged) psychologist/therapists to their portfolio companies?

Obviously wouldn't help in this situation, but I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Lots of pressure on founders, and often no one they can really open up and talk to truthfully.

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term re... by joshu on Saturday June 28, 2014 @03:23PM (#7959037)

I feel like one of the most important things I do as an angel investor is founder therapy to the point that I have thought about taking a class.

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term re... by lowglow on Saturday June 28, 2014 @01:23PM (#7958713)

I think it's a great idea and I talked about this a bit here:

https://www.techendo.com/posts/5-things-i-would-do-right-now...

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term re... by verysadpanda on Saturday June 28, 2014 @11:20AM (#7958395)

assuming this applies to developers and doesn't work for marketing/product manager types

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term re... by _pius on Saturday June 28, 2014 @01:20PM (#7958707)

I wouldn't assume that, you should reach out to him.

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for advice – Failed startup, long term re... by rdl on Sunday June 29, 2014 @12:34PM (#7961582)

Founder -> Product Manager is probably the only way I've seen which produces good PMs for startups. Startup PM is totally different from PM in a big organization with great process and resources.

The company I now work for (CloudFlare) seems to have 100% of the PMs come from startups (including me), either from acquisitions or direct hire. It works really well.

We're also looking for a head of marketing. Email me ([email protected]) if you're interested, although I'd also strongly recommend balajis.

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