Startup Therapy

When Our Startup Works for Everyone But Us


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In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about what happens when things work for everyone else but not for you. The effort founders put into our Startup is a sacrifice in all forms and shapes, to the extent of spending less time with family, neglecting our health, or even getting a pay cut just to keep the business rolling. Yes, you are the founder but you’ve become a slave to your own business. 


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What to Listen For

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:11 Things are going great for everyone except for you
  • 04:20 Concepts that led to you being a founder
  • 07:17 We're essentially mortgaging our goals without realizing it
  • 12:36 When we take an investor, the investor becomes our boss
  • 15:32 You need to set goals that are unchangeable
  • 21:24 There is a threshold where commitment becomes destructive
  • 26:12 It’s disruptive when you pick up on things your employees didn’t do
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