Startup Stories - Mixergy

#1544 Losing it all, suicide, depression, comeback


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We didn’t talk about anything I expected to talk about in this interview. Instead we talked about suicide, alcoholism, and the illusory nature of startup goals.
I’ll interview today’s guest again about how he built his business but this interview is about the inner struggles of entrepreneurship. If you don’t want to hear me get personal with a guest, skip this interview. Go to the next one.
If you are someone who wants to know what goes on in a founder’s head, I don’t know anyone who opens up more than today’s interviewee.
John Saddington is the founder of The Iron Yard, a coding school.

John Saddington is the founder of The Iron Yard, a coding school.

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