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Kan refuses to build startups through constant stress and fear
“Maybe I don't think it's the case, but it could be the case of like being super wound up about like your company is what's going to work best, but I'm not going to live that way. So we're going to run the experiment and see if this works.”
Kan on shutting down Atrium: laying off 180, losing tens of millions
“By doing that, I was able to pay off a 180 people and tell a bunch of people I'd lost millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars, and be okay, and know like, oh, this is gonna pass, and I'm okay with it, and I mean, it sucks right now, it's, this experie…”
Kan: Committing to permanent sobriety is easier than temporary breaks
“But the part of it, I think more of it was just like knowing that there was no, like, Something to wait for at the end of the tunnel. Like it was just like, oh, this is the way it is the new normal for the rest of my life. That was my commitment made it way ea…”
Kan: Startup failures and setbacks turned drinking into an escape mechanism
“Started my first startup and I continued like drinking and it became, you know, it was also like a crutch. Like it wasn't just Okay. I'm going to like go party. It was like, I feel upset about something, right? Like there's something that's not going my way in…”
Kan: Startup 'work hard, play hard' culture normalized heavy drinking
“When I was in Startups, you know, it's kind of like, oh, well, we're working hard. We're playing hard, right? Like, so we're like working all these hours and we're like our whole life is lives are revolving around these companies. And so all our friends are he…”