I loved reading this, thank you for being so honest and open about it. Your story showed me that I made the right decision in the past. I quit my first startup after 6 months whithout enough traction. Imho your post should be linked to all definitions of the sunk cost fallacy.

@Ericf you are right, I didn't calculate it like this. I´m going to adjust the formula to see if it changes the overall outcome of the essay or not.

Hey there, I live in Santa Cruz until end of Februar, so I would be interested in a meetup. Until the 15th of January I'm pretty busy because my girlfriend is here to visit but after that I am open for a nice evening or day among less wrongers. Let me know, Marvin