# A reminder to NOT FIRE your founder. (Imagine if this was a crypto product.)

Source: https://x.com/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381790

1/8 I’m very sad today to see that @Bench has shut down.

I’ve avoided speaking publicly about Bench since just over 3 years ago when I was fired from the company I co-founded. I still don’t have a lot of appetite to talk about it tbh, but think at least a short statement is appropriate.