This last week has been one of the hardest weeks I've had in a long time. Last Wednesday we got the news that they had found my brothers body, badly decomposed in his apartment in Arizona. He could have been dead for up to a week and a half. They do not know the cause of death. It could be suicide, or it could be natural causes. We have to wait months to find out.: - (
My brother Mark and I grew up like twins
Being only eleven and a half months apart. Of course my heart is broken all kinds of sideways. I have tried to keep up my websites and blogs, yet I find myself, not being able to do anything, but wander.
Then 3 days into hearing my brothers news, my 35 year old brother in-law was checked into ICU. He has cancer and it has doubled in size in 4 months and spread into his lungs. They said he has 12 weeks left to live. He is a newly wed of a little over a year, with a beautiful baby girl and super beautiful wife. If my mind isn't breaking into pieces of sorrow, my heart surly is. : - (
So here I am standing naked before you
In so many ways. I do not have the skills of grammar and knowledge that the men whom I hold as dear leaders in the startup, VC world. I'm Jana, who has a sixth grade level of grammar. I'm Jana who has an open mind that's bigger then the knowledge hoarders. (Not necessarily them)
Yes I appear to be a redneck to some, or maybe as a person with a low level of intelligence.
The problem is, that's not really true. I have a mind, but I can not write it out or even speak it in a manner that conveys my true intelligence. My mind is trapped in me. This is my handicap, my burden, my struggle to be a business woman. All I can do is keep working on my lack of skills.
The anonymous apps. Secret and Whisper. I don't know if there are any other anonymous sites or apps besides Secret and Whisper at this time. Apparently sites like this popped up about ten years ago on the web and fizzed out. I have read a couple of articles about them recently from men whom I admire as SUPER INTELLIGENT. I love those men, and hey I'm not attacking them in this article. But they are on the side of the negative aspect of these sites. Or what I think is, that the negative aspects is to much for them to bear, and they turn away with out remembering what startups do. The cruelty of human beings bullying, and saying hurtful things to others is not something they can take. Well me either! I've had a ton of bullies in my life. I hate bullies.
The founders of startups create the idea..
Then they put that idea out to the users, and well the users use the app any way they see they can, and want to. So when anonymous they can be bullies, assholes,creeps, whores,sluts,bastards and anything that is as hurtful to others as possible. Of course I don't like that, but that is part of the package to get to the other place, the GIFT the startup is seeking to find.
Every human being is born good
The behaviors they learn as they grow. Why can't we see the cruelty that we do to each other on these apps as a way to finally TEACH, a way that humans can behave with respect anonymously? Can it be that hard? I don't think so. Why can't we teach these young twenty somethings and teens whom now dominate these apps, how to be HUMAN? Is that so hard? They are kids, like we once were, and they have brains like we do. They are only doing what they have always known, what we passed down to them. Maybe we owe it to them to try.
I see these Apps as a breakthrough
When a founder is building a startup, it's just a tiny little idea, but the users are the most important factor, because they help shape the startup. With these anonymous apps, the line seems to be drawn. But I say, open up your minds, and lets shape them into the product that doesn't preach hate, proliferate bullies and hurt others. Help shape the apps into products that teach these young people how to think. How to be decent respectful human beings.It can't be that hard. But to turn away from it is,to continue on the behavior. To not want to be a part of it, and pretend it doesn't exist is not helping matters. Brains are needed here.
It's Hard To See Who They Are
We have to see who they are and what they are doing. Yes it's hard to see the cruelty, sex and drug seeking kids that could be our very kids. But we have to see the whole picture to learn how to shape the app.
There Is A Gift with Hurt Passed Around
Have faith, have courage and hope in mankind when the startups idea seems like a hate app. It's not. It's people creating gifts for humanity. And you must give it time to shape out. And that could take TIME. A lot of time to to see hurt passed around. So much time, you turn away in anguish. But we need you with your smart minds, you could help.
I don't want these apps to die out this time around. I want all of us to help shape it. Because, I can see the gift, it's oozing out the side of it, but hidden by the hurtful stuff. Here is our chance to CREATE something together that helps people.
Give anonymous apps a chance - and we could use your brains to help. : -)
Loving you all ~ I'm Jana the crazy long shot start up girl. I love you!
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