Ramen Days: Co-Founders Connect
A Valentine’s Day Poem by Claude.ai, with a Little Help from Me
We started with nothing but dreams in our eyes,
Two founders, two laptops, and endless clear skies.
Our dogs at our feet as we coded through night,
Living on noodles and lemon-lime Sprite.
Each "no" from investors felt sharp as a blade,
While A-list engineers chose safer grades.
Our families watched with their love tinged with fear,
"Perhaps get real jobs?" whispered soft in our ears.
The competition loomed large as we pivoted fast,
Board meetings, sales calls – wearing hats made to last.
Market validation? We danced to that tune,
While watching our savings fade out like the moon.
Then lightning struck once – an unlikely win,
A client who saw what we knew could have been.
The dominos fell with a thunderous sound,
As years of persistence found solid ground.
The halls filled with hundreds
where once there were two,
Each day brought more chaos
and more breaking news.
PR teams and lawyers and HR galore,
While scaling servers behind every door.
Our startup had grown to a force of its own,
A beast we must feed, not a child we had known.
When exit day came with its glorious light,
We thought of those moments, those long ramen nights.
Not just for the wealth that now filled up our stores,
But proof that our madness held wisdom at core.
Two founders who once only had a bold dream,
Now stood vindicated, though still half extreme.
Our dogs still beside us, though grayer with time,
Remember when crazy and brilliant aligned.
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