Ten months ago, after attending YC, my co-founder and I decided to throw our product in the trash and start a new idea.
Morale was at an (I believed) all-time low. We came with a 'verticalized neobank' idea (we have a strong background in fintech) and got slapped in the face by our VC.
It was hard to hear, the temptation to push back and/or shut down to end the spiraling was strong. I believe this happened to a lot of founders, but we decided to put it out on the open on Sifted, to normalize this very messy moment, and the mental health challenges implied: https://sifted.eu/articles/startup-pivot-part-2/