failedbyfear

Re:Ask HN: What are some tips for handling a late invoices on Thursday August 28, 2014 @11:57AM (#8237853)

Sounds like great advice. It's hard to keep a good perspective when you are in the thick of it.

Ask HN: What are some tips for handling a late invoices

Posted by failedbyfear on Wednesday August 27, 2014 @05:01PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've been working with a startup for several months. Initially things were going well, but an investor backed out at the last minute a couple months ago. At that point they stopped paying contractors and are 60 days overdue on invoices for several people (including me).They are still paying the employees and they still have a bunch of work that they want me to do. I don't mind helping out and...

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Re:Feeling like a failure this season on Saturday November 30, 2013 @12:15PM (#6823698)

no kids, but I want to start a family. It seems like it would be hard to save for retirement and raise kids.

Re:Feeling like a failure this season on Saturday November 30, 2013 @12:15PM (#6823694)

When I was 35 I had 300K and was earning six figures. If I had just stayed put my net worth would be 500K.

Feeling like a failure this season

Posted by failedbyfear on Saturday November 30, 2013 @11:17AM
from the self-post dept.

I'm 38 and feeling like a loser. Over the past 3 years I tried to build my own startup and burned through $100K of personal savings. Before that I worked at consulting jobs and saved up a bunch of money then quit to mope around for 6 months at a time before starting a new gig. At this point I "only" have $200K and retirement seems another brutal 25 years away. Financial advisors say you need 2M...

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