Clarence Maximillian

Epilogue | Uncharted 4 (PS5)

Marathon's opening intro sequence

Startups are hard. Personally: Started in Dec 2004, exited in Sept 2016 then worked for them for 4 years. 16 years journey! We had 5M users on our gamer communication app before Discord, and they still won. Survived 2007 crash after burning most of our Series A cash when the music stopped. Went from getting 20 investors meetings a week to 0 for a year. Luckily found 2 angels who bridged us from death. We had 6 weeks of cash with 20 employees. I've never had so much stomach pain episodes in my life than during that time. First product stalled at $5M. Built multiple others that each stalled at $10M+ between 2004–2015. (forums and wiki platform, YT network, Ad networks) I had to reinvent the company many times. Reddit destroyed all our forum traffic. Made every hiring mistake possible early. In 2008, our main investor tried to convince me to step down and bring in an “adult” CEO. I walked out of the meeting lol. Dealt with multiple frivolous lawsuits,one even served a day before Christmas. I never thought about quitting once

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