Startup Therapy

Startup Therapy

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Startup Therapy episodes

  • Optimizing Your Startup for Happiness

    What if instead of focusing our startup around our product or revenue - we started optimizing for our own happiness?  What if our work hours gave us more time with our kids or who we worked with were only the people we enjoyed the most?  It's possible!  The key is thinking about your startup differently by using "personal happiness" as a core tenet of how the company works.

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    46 min
  • A $1 Million Business is a Home Run

    In the age of "unicorn valuations" and giant funding rounds, the world has lost sight of how valuable a startup can be with even a million dollars of revenue.  Ryan and Wil do a detailed walk through of exactly how important a million dollar business can be to a Founder and how dangerous it is to be lead astray by big numbers that have very little personal value to a you as a Founder.

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    38 min
  • Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Startups

    Many of us play a horrible game of comparison, whereby we compare ourselves to other Founders, other startups, and if we're (un)lucky, the press and social media barrage we see of other people's success.  It's all BS.  The moment we start comparing ourselves to other people's apparent success, we all lose.  In this episode we talk about how to "stay in your own lane" and avoid the fallacy of following false idols in the startup world.


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    35 min
  • The Emotional Cost of Being a Startup Founder

    No one talks about the intense emotional cost of being a startup Founder (so of course we do!)  From missing time with your loved ones to putting all of your chips on a single bet (and losing), we talk about the toll this takes on a Founder and what you can do to help alleviate some of this intense stress in your own journey.


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    36 min
  • The Problem with Working on Multiple Ideas at Once

    Wil and Ryan debunk the myth that startup Founders can work on multiple ideas at once and just pick the best one to run with.  We unpack the issues that come with trying to split your focus and how costly that decision can be.  


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    31 min

About Startup Therapy

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The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles…

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