Confessions·May 21, 20151
Our startup uses affiliate channel for user acquisition, and we are ripping off all of our partners by the tune of 30-40%. As an employee am I doing anything illegal by participating?
Confessions·May 19, 20153
I’m am putting off a lot of work that I need to do right now. I cannot seem to motivate myself to do anything productive.
Confessions·May 12, 201512
I’m secretly hoping I will get fired from my dead end job so I can be thrust into the position of starting my business. I will admit I’m too scared to quit on my own because I have no idea how I’ll pay the rent.
Confessions·May 9, 201511
Why does our old accelerator keep lying about the benefits/connections/successes of the companies they have? Most dont even exist anymore!!!!!!
Confessions·May 4, 20158
Been running my own business for 10+ years. Several ventures currently in flux & not going well. Just threw up from the stress of everything for the first time. I didn’t know that it was possible to get physically ill from worry, but apparently it is.
Confessions·May 4, 20151
Valleywag is a pathetic shell of its former self. Gawker should either take it out back and shoot it, or sell it to Owen Thomas for a dollar so he can bring it back to its former snarky glory.
Confessions·Apr 28, 20156
I should be composing an email to my team about company financials but I’m just googling “how to have owls as pets”
Confessions·Apr 26, 201511
Visiting Product Hunt is a boring chore. I usually regret visiting, and recoil at the insular, unfocused and elitist community there.
Confessions·Apr 20, 201519
I made an employee cry today. I was straight with them and that made them feel unappreciated. I feel bad because they are the most hardworking person in the startup. Does this make me an evil CEO?
Confessions·Apr 17, 20159
The anxiety of worrying if the company is going to run out of cash keeps me up at night. Worrying about the product is keeping me up at night. Thinking about paying the mortgage if I get laid off keeps me up at night. I can’t fucking get any sleep.
Confessions·Apr 15, 201554
I am a sole non-technical female founder. I could be shitting rainbows and unicorns out my ass (which I do, daily) and investors still won’t touch me with a stick. I know for a fact if I were two dudes I’d be fully funded by now.
Confessions·Apr 7, 20156
I did a horrible job building my team. Brought on mediocre people who were good enough. In the end, “good enough” isn’t good enough.
Confessions·Apr 5, 20156
Challenge every single alleged token of wisdom that you hear from these entrepreneurial sages. They may be honest, but they’re honestly inaccurate– the advice they offer has no empirical foundation
Confessions·Apr 1, 201510
I will be quitting the small startup I work for soon. Do I tell them honestly why I’m quitting? That they’ve created a toxic environment? That I think the company is going to fail? That the founder is driving employees out with their entitlement?
Confessions·Mar 31, 20152
A thousand ideas and have past success at developing them to businesses. But I seem to self sabotage them somehow. I get anxious and look for the safety net. I see the corporate world limiting my energy. A bad corporate citizen. Break free, how?
Confessions·Mar 30, 201513
I have an idea for a mobile app but I do not program. This is a bit embarrassing to me. I do user experience/usability work. I do not know how to look for a team and scared that if I outsource – the idea will get stolen. I’m confused on next steps.
Confessions·Mar 24, 20157
I was busting my ass for 6 months – being told that the CEO was going to get the seed round done.I just got told today that it isn’t going to happen – out of the blue with no warning whatsoever.Now I’m out in the cold. Sucks being mushroomed…
Confessions·Mar 24, 20157
I can’t stop tossing my developers into the tree mulcher after 9 months of slave labor. It’s too easy just to replace them using my battle tested “rockstar full stack developer wanted 150k++” job posting.
Confessions·Mar 19, 201511
Bathroom in coworking spaces suck!!! Unfortunately in SF, the M/F ratio is completely off balance and nothing to accommodate the gender imbalance in the bathrooms.
Confessions·Mar 12, 201511
I have a great Idea for an app, but every time I decide to work on it; I stop half way only because I think it isn’t as good as I want. The teams I chose in the past (of friends) are just riding a long because the idea is good and that pisses me off.
Confessions·Mar 10, 201518
I can’t stand my co-founder anymore. We are a two person company and since day one she calls herself CEO. Everyday I think of quitting.
Confessions·Mar 10, 201515
I’m not as hardworking as I should be. I am working on multiple things at the same time and not giving my 100% to any of them. I’m fucking lazy and I hate myself for that! How do I motivate myself? ;(
Confessions·Mar 7, 201512
I feel like the risk of starting up includes my life. I literally am risking my life and face death each day. Each month, I don’t know if i’ll make enough money for basic needs such as, rent, food, etc. Does anyone else feel the same?
Confessions·Mar 7, 20157
I love to be alone and have time for my ideas and projects. I can’t develop any serious relationship. And I think I don’t want to. Does anyone feel the same way? It’s not a sacrifice. I just wonder if it’s normal :)
Confessions·Mar 7, 201510
Hey Microsoft, we recently applied to 5 of your Accelerators (10K applications, only 50 chosen) and were denied all 5 times. We’re now closing out a successful seed round. See you next year when you have to acquire us for a hell of a lot more. Cheers
Confessions·Mar 6, 20158
All I can think about is my new business. It’s killing everything else.
Confessions·Feb 21, 201510
We couldn’t get our startup off the ground after deciding to reject $40000 funding. We were facing hardship to raise the initial seed money. I’m confused and mentally struggling to make a decision whether to leave the startup now.
Confessions·Feb 20, 20153
I founded a tech startup with a coworker and we received funding (accelerator). I solely wrote our MVP. I was fired (pushed out) and paid nothing. My gut told me to quit before funding. I’m having a really hard time letting it go.
Confessions·Feb 20, 201515
I got screwed out of my own company. I met these business guys from HBS and started a company with them. I am a programmer and they had me coding for 100 hours a week for 3 months. At the end of the 3 months, they raised money and screwed me over.
Confessions·Feb 18, 201513