We all struggle with complex decisions from time to time; we all make mistakes, and most of us are far less perfect than we’d perhaps like to admit. Seeking advice from a peer group is a good step towards learning how to avoid the mistakes in the future.
“You’re an idiot and so is everyone you know” is not advice.
Some people make it sound like raising investment is as trivial as buying a burger from Macdonald's.
I haven't been to America yet but it sounds hard to believe.
In that context you could think of the post as “I got this job by saying I was going to help the company do X. Six months in I’m pretty sure that’s not going to work. I think I should just quit, but some of my coworkers think I should keep trying, or consider doing X’, since there are a lot of things at the company which could be better. What should I do?”