In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss what founders are entitled to when their business takes off. There is danger in expecting too much from our Startup, when we think we should get additional funding because the business is growing, when we think that business growth will merit us more opportunities. Reality check: things don't work this way. Things take time to grow and every growth is exponentially different. 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:20 You’re entitled to nothing
• 02:29 From being optimistic to being hubris
• 06:19 Why did I not get funded?
• 08:07 The path outside of funding
• 09:33 Success doesn’t happen quickly
• 12:25 The short-term mentality
• 14:45 Providing value first
• 16:19 Create realistic expectations
• 18:40 Enabling or accelerative?
• 21:13 Startup exit
• 23:46 What are you & not entitled to?
• 26:28 We’re conditioned to getting a reward after work
• 27:34 Maintain an appropriate level of optimism
• 29:53 Believe in yourself but have humility
• 34:17 Startups are built on beliefs and blind optimism
• 37:20 We use other founders as a baseline
• 40:26 Do I need additional funding?
• 44:53 We’re too focused on crossing the finish line