Of course your startup has odds of failing, but if you quit on your idea because of this hiccup, your chance of failure is 100%.

I don't think brudgers was being negative, but rather saying something like, "this event doesn't suddenly change the most likely outcome of your startup, which was, and still is, failure."

This is an opportunity to fail or pivot with integrity (or, of course, to stay the course and find new talent).