This post is frustratingly vague. It almost reads as pure HN-bait, promising some honest insights to call attention to your new ventures yet without actually relating something of substance. I don't mind that you get attention as you sound deserving, just dont tease us.
I'd say about 99 percent of us are not in your shoes. Do you really think you can say "Not only were none of the mistakes we made novel, a lot of them were mistakes I'd read about before and was sure I'd avoid." and think that most of us, even on HN, know what you mean?
I wasn't being intentionally vague, it's just that there have been a lot of posts talking about exactly went wrong with startups and there seems to be a lot of overlap. I linked to an excellent article that covers mistakes first time entrepreneurs make, and I made many of them (and it seems many others have too). Rather than covering ground that's already been covered a fair amount I thought I'd share what were the biggest 2 takeaways for me personally.
I'd say about 99 percent of us are not in your shoes. Do you really think you can say "Not only were none of the mistakes we made novel, a lot of them were mistakes I'd read about before and was sure I'd avoid." and think that most of us, even on HN, know what you mean?