Throws into sharp relief the regular stories we see of startups floundering after a few weeks/months for "personal reasons".

One takeaway from this that I saw was that having awesome co-founders is a must (as in the case of Reddit). Obviously this was a terrible time for Alexis; but I imagine it was a bit scary for the co-founders as well - not knowing if he would be about and in what state.

Thanks for sharing Alexis :)