Founder and co-founder relationships are often compared to romantic relationships. They’re full of ups and downs. When it works, it's amazing, but when things don’t work out, it’s an entirely different story. What happens when the person you thought you could rely upon the most, is the one that makes you want to run away? When that person is the one you have to fight to save yourself and your business?

Monique Baars did everything by the book, just as people told her - and then realised that books are just books and the reality is very different. Monique shares her journey with Vladi and Nektarios; from the early days of co-founder dating through the honeymoon period, to when the cracks started to appear and the inevitable separation.

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Imagine waking up one morning knowing that today is the day that you need to finish something. To end it. And that ‘something’ is the business that you’ve spent every waking hour focused on for the last five years. The business that took you on a white-knuckle ride that tipped your world upside down and left you filled with fear and panic. The business that blew everything else out of the window because you felt like it was your cosmic mission. The business that completely blurred with your personal identity.

Juan Guerra joins Vladi and Nektarios to talk about the emotional rollercoaster that was his entrepreneurial journey that took him from Mexico to Germany, to the UK and back to Mexico. Juan is a man who constantly lived in a state of fear; was so deeply passionate about the impact that he was having on other’s lives that he didn’t want to walk away, even when his own mental wellbeing was at risk; until in the end, he realised that the universe really didn’t care.

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Recognition, glorification and joy are what we see of an entrepreneur’s journey from the outside.

But there are two sides to every coin. We hear very little about the real stories. What it really means to be a company founder, company builder.

Loneliness, doubts and fears, sleepless nights, co-founder conflicts, financial stresses. The list goes on. A lot of entrepreneurs are facing those challenges and asking similar questions but are rarely talking about them openly.

In this episode, The Future Farm founding team comes together to discuss why the Naked podcast is needed, who it is for and why. And to share their own stories of struggles and coping with emotional and mental turmoil.

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Starting your own business is thrilling. The adventure, the purpose, the ambition, the money, the recognition. But what personal truths are exposed when you start to peel back the layers?

Join The Future Farm's Vladi and Nektarios, in a “naked” conversation with the people who have been through it all. We’ll talk to business founders, investors, life partners and other ecosystem players about the personal challenges that business builders face when pursuing their dreams and passions.

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