Startup Culture Critique
Commenters debate the overuse of the 'startup' label, irony of advice applying to startups, and criticisms of startup hype versus defenses of startup practices.
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This startup might not be for you. That's ok and doesn't mean the author is doing something wrong.
You sound like a shill for startups.
No love for the "I don't have a startup (yet)" crowd?
Not everything is a startup, bro.
let the startups do some work on their own for once lol
You should probably find a new startup to join/start.
Not all startups are like this, the author is bitter about his experience.
Kind of ironic that this is advice for startups.
you can say that about every startup.
Wow... everything is a startup nowadays