[mjg2]

There are some good nuggets of wisdom here, and I think the author should be less crass about "startup suicide"-- it's just an organization and it failed. If someone outside of the founder team is calling it a suicide, they need to go touch grass. SV VC's are so dramatic.

[makle]

Feedback taken. If for sure helps making people more likely to click! haha I hope you forgive me that!

[mjg2]

I try to separate the art from the artist when critiquing, so no bones to pick :)

As a topic or metaphor, I'm not advocating for suicide to be avoided, but your post struck on the toxic bravado that VCs have, especially Silicon Valley VCs with their Drama, and why I am much much more selective on fundraising for my projects.

People talk about "finding the right founder" but really it's finding the right environment to perform and excel in. The culture from SV is almost Swiftian in how it tries to devour its young. And yet creatives get "oh it's my fault for picking the wrong copilot" from the experience.