I don't know if that was the intention, but the picture with the mountain said beautifully how it feels sometimes. So lonely... and yet there you are, you guys, who I don't even know but give me strength.. I can't wait for the day I will post a "review my startup" entry!

That was really nice, Max - Thank you.

Here's the original context of that picture with the mountain:

http://xkcd.com/77/

I agree, perfect picture for the feeling.

Perhaps another lesson: You are starting your own business, you don't need validation from ycombinator.

Nice job, man. I discovered YC/HN a couple of weeks ago... Guess I have a lot ahead of me :)

It's not as tough as we think it is. When I first found this place, I thought that doing a startup would be near impossible. In actuality, given discipline, I don't think it's too hard. Also, you have a unique path; everybody pursuing their dreams has a different and unique path. I'm excited to see where you end up - ping me if there's anything with which we can help.

Cool, I will...

Awesome portrayal, Max!! I also liked this xkcd comic very much - http://xkcd.com/137/

git push itrealgood

Great comic. I'm now suddenly interested in the possibilities of xkcd remix comics.

There's a very long, very good thread on the xkcd forums full of them: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22741.

Some (maybe all or close to it, I haven't been paying attention) are also up on http://xkcdsw.com/.

We're almost the same HN age. My 1033 days on HN have seen a series of interesting jobs, mixed with the occasional panic about my visa. But not nearly as much entrepreneurial activity.

Best of luck to you.

I don't have a start up (yet...), but my mother, who is in her late 60's, is several years into a medical practices "start up" has really started to take off. (While remaining intentionally vague, I'll add that, no, she's not a doctor.) She and her partners have been taking on a lot of new (for them) business practices and demands -- online presence, politics, real estate purchase, etc. I've found her running problems and ideas by me, more and more. It seems that all the time I've spent particularly here as well as some other places on line -- and in the world of work outside of the medical field -- has provided me some perspective and ideas that work well for her. She takes them and considers them for herself, of course, but they give her options to consider.

So, even if you aren't currently in a start up, this place may be having more of an effect than you realize.

Thanks, HN! :-)

P.S. And you never know when that opportunity may arise.

Actually, one of her "regular job" environments was changing due to funding and politics, and she was lamenting this and speculating about starting up a private practice partnership in a year or two. I was the one who suggested, strongly, "do it now", before the top notch people being affected found other options and became too tied down consider her idea.

That same lunch, we walked by a medical practices building having sign advertising space to let. Three months or so later, it was theirs.

A startup in her 60s? That is impressive. Best of luck to your mum!

I could totally connect :-)

I'm 1024 days today too!

Good work! Thumbs up.