Thanks so much for the empathetic and kind comments. And I'm so happy to hear I played a small part in your business! I'd love to hear more.
For those that don't know, as a first time founder and CEO I made a large number of mistakes I wish I hadn't. In retrospect, they seem bone headed but none of it was clear at the time. I wrote about those mistakes so others might avoid making them [1]. Unfortunately that blog post has been turned into a couple takedown pieces at my expense. Such is life.