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Shit I Learned Burning through My Family's Life Savings on a Failed Startup

by @kevinjmireles kevinjmireles.wordpress.com published 2010-02-13

I wrote this three years ago after burning through my family’s life savings in a failed startup, but never posted or published it – as frankly it hurt too much. After all, no one ever …

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