I ran a business that accomplished great things due to the tremendous work of a huge number of people. It was acquired and then ran into financial trouble. When a business like that fails, a lot of people get hurt. I had a difficult time separating my personal identity from my professional identity. I also loved the business and the people. I held on for too long, and after a long time keeping this all inside, I published my failure letter here.
https://danielstedman.medium.com/seven-lessons-from-my-failure-16177ad39d3b