For reference:
Why I’m giving up on Europe and moving my startup to China
<a href="http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/" rel="nofollow">http://maxkle.in/giving-up-on-europe/</a>
and HN discussion - <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1547964" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1547964</a><p>Unfortunately, the story focuses only on the girl. I would have liked to read about the actual experiences of doing business in China. He just glosses over the fact that their programmer was fired. Also, is his co-founder Chinese? I think that would have been relevant to mention.
I think the post should have been titled 'How I destroyed my startup by competing for the only girl in the office with my cofounder'.<p>Small offices are no places for dramas. A bit different in large organisations where you are in different departments/buildings. Still a very tight rope to walk though.
> "I told him that if he did not go my way, I’d stop doing the programming work. He said if I did not go his way, he’d stop the staff from working."<p>This quote struck me because it's a surefire sign that a project is probably going to fail. Every time I've seen people holding a project hostage by threatening to withhold their skills, those projects have either ended in failure, or even when successful, the people on the projects had very low morale.<p>In my experience, it's very important to create a culture where people do <i>not</i> use unique skills to hold a company hostage. For instance, a designer should be willing to implement a design that is (to her) sub-optimal from a design perspective, e.g. when A/B tests indicate that this design generates more money.
Are you writing a synopsis of what happened or a romance novel? So far it seems there are multiple thoughts, and the part about the pretty girl is pretty tangential.