I Messed Up and I'm Sorry | Storytime with Justin Kan

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Atrium helped my YC company through some tough times. Even though your company died, as a previous customer, I appreciated you for creating the business.

Love the content Justin. Would like to share a pitch deck to get your thoughts, where should mail it to?

The main problem that you SKIPPED is raising the money at the start. That is why bootstrapping is the way. Every great company bootstrapped.

90% of startups fail
99% of startup stories are about success

@Justin Kan, thank you so much for this type of content!

absolutely amazing, the honesty is over the roof

I have followed you since day 1 Justin - of all your videos. This is by far the best and helpful for me now, since I am at same stage

Thanks for sharing your story.

Hey Justin, is there a special reason why you use that music in "Hi I'm Justin Kan" intro. It's too loud so I skip it everytime, maybe a subtle music can help. Just my 2 cents

I have an idea or two and they won't cost that much. but promise, if it succeeded, I will get enough amount of money. 😁

Thanks for being real

Its hard man, giving your everything and still failing

It is a great share Justin.
Pulling stakes and returning the 25m is (almost) a bigger achievement than Twitch; brave and commendable.
So many questions remain. I wonder if the natural delta between the interests of attorneys, and the interests of those responsible/experienced with managing so much legal spend, was a big part of the story.
And who you thought the end user was to be?
Thank you.

I just recently discovered your channel and I'm grateful to you for your business tips, stories, transparency and your the epitome of a true entrepreneur.

Every single founder should watch this.

Entrepreneurship/ceo isn’t mentally for everyone, even for accomplished one like Justin.

That's why I like product led growth and bootstrapping

Someone just starting my journey. I appreciate all the knowledge and experiences you drop. Thank you very much. Wish you all much success

Definitely best piece of open and heart given advice by Justin. There's so much to learn in failure, most importantly what is your ultimate purpose as a human being.

There are so many "aha!" moments and hard-won lessons learned in this story... we're itching to do a reaction video. Would you watch it? ❓

It's like listening to a more successful version of me! I always want to start a company as well mate. Justin, did we meet in Hong Kong once?

Takes balls to do what you did. A lot of life lessons here, many of which I can apply to myself. Thanks a lot for this, super helpful.
P.S. You're like a Phoenix, man. Rising out of the ashes :)

Justin you're an amazing and awesome person, i learned a lot from you. Thank you so much for your videos. keep up the good word.

"Marketing as a primary differentiator is not good enough, if the product isn't better..." only facts spoken here.

Well done Justin, it takes a lot to accept your mistake and say sorry in public! Your story is inspiring and refreshing!

Thanks Justin, Got to learn a lot from you man!!

Thank you for the most honest and unfiltered failure experience! The content resonates,

Damn... you really shit the bed. Great video.

I identify with you so much. Thanks for sharing this.

I think you made a good move shutting it down knowing your were hitting a wall; you had to make a decision either drown further or save what's left.

Love this... 💪

Wow, it’s impressive to make it through something you see as a big failure and grow, and it’s even more impressive to share the story publicly while taking full responsibility so others can learn. Thank you, I learned a lot!

dude, you're the man, it's so hard to find people that are real. You are trying and giving people the real experience on the high end of life. Thank you SO MUCH!

Thank you so much for this video Justin, me and my team currently having hard time in developing our own legal-tech product. It's been hard for you, I experienced it too. You probably feel that you fail today, but I will definitely learn from your experience from Atrium and make sure that my team doesn't make the same mistake. Thank you for your lesson

Such a good story and lesson. Thanks for your honesty

I was an Atrium customer, loved the service. Sad the service didn't make it. But it is still needed in this space.

First time I actually subscribed when asked.

mad respect ✊

Awesome. People lost jobs during COVID. I hope you helped them out or at least called if they are doing well.

Great Video

Just checking I have this right. Other people's money, poor business practices, no business in the first place but hired 100 people. Folded the company and 100 people's jobs? Cool.

I feel like Justin is my spirit guide....
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🤔 my uncle Iroh

its Just another Stoploss bro :)
You hit TakeProfit 1B$
hihi

Clickbait title should be: "How I wasted 75 Million Dollars". This was amazing to hear you be so candid about it, keep it up man!

You remind me of Herman Li from DragonForce

Why don’t you settle down & find a nice woman? Haven’t you had enough of this media garbage? U look like you are decent. Don’t you want something real in your life, like a woman that really listens to you, not just constantly speaking into a camera lense. How much more attention do you need? I don’t get it.

wow, this is very vulnerable moment, a part of being a good leader, it's hard to realize that we're lacking on empathy and what more admitting it