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Dia's avatar

Lots of Dunning-Kruger in this post. While it is admirable that you are starting another company, may I suggest that you be more humble when making some claims. Getting to #1 diagnostics model on some benchmark (apparently) without being dependent on strong base model, open or closed source, sounds too good to be true. "Fairly significant track record in entrepreneurship" - starting a company with product ideas from your previous company and getting acquired by a overvalued tech company, in part with over valued stock doesn't really sound like significant track record on entrepreneurship. If the latter claim is not true, maybe you can post about at what min valuation of GoPuff will the VCs that invested in your company break even.

I suspect that you are starting a new company because you suspect that your previous acquisition did not do as well as you would have hoped for and now you are weaving all of these stories. You might end up making some money with another acquisition but you will screw your employees again.

It's great to have the humility to look inwards but you know what is great - to be factual.

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Andy's avatar

Thanks for sharing! It's been wonderful to follow you on the next step of your entrepreneurial journey, this one solving what I believe is the biggest current issue in our country, which is access to healthcare.

I can see your growth through your posts, with you learning from your experiences and adding tools to your toolbox. This article highlights one such learning, which is adding a step to clear the mind rather than immediately solving problems. Your thoughts about ensuring runway to give customers confidence make a lot of sense as well.

Cheers to all of the entrepreneurs out there, changing the world and creating a new path forward. Congrats also on becoming a new dad!

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