Dan Haubert (1984 - 2009) We will miss you always.
A dear friend Dan Haubert, cofounder at Ticketstumbler, passed away this week, and we are all left with questions and anguish. When we first met Dan, it was last summer during our Y Combinator experience. He was the awesomely friendly, hilarious guy who brought 6-packs of beer to our weekly dinners. He was quick to smile and share his deep insights into everything there was to know about business.
We made a lot of friends that summer in Cambridge, MA. Dan was a lynchpin of our motley band of entrepreneurs. He left his mark on all of us, and for that, we are grateful to have known him. Dan and I would often talk about how awesome Mark Cuban was, and I remember thinking, given time, Dan may well eclipse him as a businessman. I am shattered to think this will never happen. Dan, please find peace.
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Barstow, here's more info from the Hacker News community, where Dan was a regular contributor. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859133
With sympathy, Jan
Dan was always thoughtfully gregarious whenever I came to the apartment this summer; we all went out for drinks one night (my first time meeting Jeff), and Dan seemed truly animated—intelligent and well-articulated, earnest in silly-absurd discussions—even engaging in his indignation over the day’s frustrations such that you wanted to partake in the feeling. I remember thinking then that I’d look forward to other nights like that—to getting to know Dan, Jeff, and the rest of you guys better.
I’ve tried in vain to follow the unending threads from family and friends that knew Dan well. I’m grateful that I had an opportunity to know Dan at all, understanding very poignantly now what he meant to all of the people closest to him—who have, beyond a doubt, proven themselves to be the most generous, kind, and unselfish individuals I have ever had the misfortune [because of present circumstances] of getting to know better.