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 Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.
| Episode | Date |
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Do people really want me to succeed? Founders vs World
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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You only THINK you work HARD — The Hard Work Illusion
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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SMALL is the New Big - Embracing Efficiency in the Age of AI
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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This is BOOTSTRAPPED - 3 Strategies to Build Your Startup Without Funding
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The Spectrum of Investor Advice
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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$10K Per Month isn't Just Revenue. It's Life Support
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Why Do VCs Keep Giving "failed" Founders Money?
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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If It Makes Money, It Makes Sense
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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The Hidden Treasure of Failed Startups
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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My Competitors Just Raised Funds - Am I Screwed?
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Can Having Zero Experience Be a Huge Asset?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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What If I Build a Startup That Just Makes Money?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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How to Get Rockstar Startup Advisors
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Job vs Startup - What Should I Do?
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Founders Need a Steady Hand in the Storm
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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So You Think You Need a Co-Founder?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Can I Scale My Impact Without Scaling My Team?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Grind or Guilt, the Founder Dilemma
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Are Founders Driven by Fear or Greed?
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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What if I'm Building the Wrong Product?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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How Startups Actually Get Bought
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Am I Quitting My Startup, Or Letting Go?
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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How long do we ACTUALLY have?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Can I replace myself as a Founder?
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Who am I Really Competing Against?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Investors are NOT on Our Side of the Table
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Plan for Bad Times - Budget in Good Times
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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When a $40M is More Than a $200M Exit
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Don't Fear the Reaper (AI Edition)
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Don't Let Investors Become Your Customers
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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We Can't Stay Out Of The Game For Too Long
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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What if our Dreams are an Illusion?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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What if this isn't a "Big Business"?
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Founders, Not All Problems Are Apocalyptic
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Stop Listening to Investors
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Can You Build a Startup in Less Than 40 Hours a Week?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Are Bootstrapped Startups Less Valuable Than Venture-Funded Startups?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Why Founders Don't Ask For Help
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Can I Design My Startup Around My Life?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Founders, Time is Your Greatest Asset
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May 29, 2023 |
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The Toll on Everyone Around a Founder
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May 22, 2023 |
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Big Starts Breed False Victories
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May 15, 2023 |
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Once a Founder, Always a Founder
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May 08, 2023 |
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The Invention of the 20-Something-Year-Old Founder
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May 01, 2023 |
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When is Founder Ego Too Much?
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Founder Imposter Syndrome Never Goes Away
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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How Long is a Founder Lifetime?
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Always Take Money Off The Table
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Should I Feel Guilty For Failing?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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The Case Against Full Transparency
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Does My Startup Really Need Full Time Employees?
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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This is Probably Your Last Success
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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How Many Times Can My Startup Die?
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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How Should I Share My Wealth with Family?
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Why Do VC Funded Startups Love "Fake Growth?"
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Founder Legends Are Less Fun When You Are Living Them
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Can Middle Schoolers be Founders?
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Founders, At What Point Have We Sacrificed Too Much?
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Founders, How to Tell the Board "I Need a New Deal"
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Founders, Failure is Just One Chapter in Life
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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What If I Want To Work Forever?
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Should Founders Worry About Quiet Quitting?
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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If a Startup Sinks, Founders Go Down With It
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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The Downfall of Becoming Internally Focused as Founders
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Founders, we earn our wins. This isn't the Powerball.
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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All Founders are Beloved In Good Times
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Our Startup Culture of Entitlement
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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The Bulls#!t Case for Raising Capital
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Founders, We Only Have To Be Right Once
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Why Every Kid Should Be a Startup Founder
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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How Big of a Failure Can I Survive as a Founder?
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Why Are All My Founder Friends Ahead of Me?
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Are Startup CEOs Really CEOs?
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Founders, We Have SO Much Time Left In Our Careers
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Founders, Let's Live to Fight Another Day
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Being a Founder Made Me a Better Parent, and Vice Versa.
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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We Need To Build A Culture of “I’m Wrong”
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Where There's Smoke - There's Fire
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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What Would I Tell My Former Founder Self?
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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We Need a Culture of Accountability
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Am I a Good Manager?
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Sacrificing our Health for our Startup is NOT OK
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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What if Our Startup Founder Anxiety Never Quits
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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This is Fun and All, But When Do I Get Rich??
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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We're All Afraid of Paper Demons
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Letting People Go: Ego and Safety
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May 30, 2022 |
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What a Market Downturn Means for Startups
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May 23, 2022 |
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As a Founder, Should I Focus on Profit or Growth?
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May 16, 2022 |
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Funding is a One Way Street
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May 09, 2022 |
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My Startup Stalled - Now What?
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May 02, 2022 |
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What if We Fired Everyone and Started Over?
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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This Could be our Last Shot
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Will Investors Let Me Take Money Off The Table?
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Being Leveraged Means Having Zero Choices
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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I Failed. What Will People Think of Me?
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Don't Be Afraid to Take Big Swings
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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When Founders no Longer have Upside
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Retirement as Founders
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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The Problem with Local Advice
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Why Do I Feel Like Time is Running Out?
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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The Value of Many Tiny Financial Wins
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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We ALL Fake It Until We Make It
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Founder Consequences
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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My Unhealthy Relationship with Work
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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The Goal is NOT to be a Startup
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Does Competition Really Matter?
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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We Can't Fight at Work and at Home
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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What does Founder Success "Feel" Like?
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Let's Kill the 40 Hour Work Week
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Minimum Viable Happiness
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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The Funding of "No Man's Land"
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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What does Founder "Success" Feel Like?
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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The Risk of Trading Vulnerability for Opportunity
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Failure in Startups is not Absolute
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Can a Founder take a Sabbatical?
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Am I Lying or Just Being Optimistic?
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Stop Glorifying "Hustle Porn"
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Startups Actually Amplify our Social Lives
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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We Only Get to be Great at One Thing
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Flee Your Overpriced City
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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In Our Darkest Hour, Where Do We Find Hope?
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Great Ideas Start as Dumb Ideas
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Why Is Everyone Counting My Money?
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Beware of the Absentee Landlord in the Cap Table
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Startup Culture is a Reflection of its Founders
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Why Cofounders Often Don't Last
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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The Case for Growing Slowly
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Don't Rush Into Your Second Act
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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It's not What We Own - It's Whether It's Liquid
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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That Founder Sold for Too Little!
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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When Can I Feel Good About Taking a Break as a Founder?
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Forget Big Ideas - Start with Your North Star
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Adding Staff Isn't a Sign of Success, Adding Revenue Is
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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The Curse of the 37-Year Old Founder
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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When Our Startup Works for Everyone But Us
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Can You Change People?
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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The Last Mile is the Most Important
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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How We Leave is How We're Remembered
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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What Happens to My Startup After I Sell?
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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If We Want Power, We Create Power
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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What will We Regret Risking for Our Startups?
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Lessons from "Once Hot" Startups
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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What If I Sell Too Early?
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Do We Need Offices Anymore?
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Our Latest Success Might Be Our Last
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May 31, 2021 |
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Do Socio-Political Issues Belong at Work?
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May 26, 2021 |
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The Superstar Advisor Sham
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May 24, 2021 |
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Startups are Built at the Expense of the Founder
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May 19, 2021 |
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Why Nobody Returns Our Sacrifices?
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May 17, 2021 |
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Even in Failure, Founders Deserve True Respect
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May 12, 2021 |
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Can I Lead Without Being Liked?
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May 10, 2021 |
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When to Admit "I messed up."
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May 07, 2021 |
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Who is "Qualified to be a Founder"?
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May 03, 2021 |
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How to Sell the Vision
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Manage Downside First - Big Opportunity Second
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Why Money Can't Buy Happiness
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Is This the Right Cofounder?
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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How Transparent Should I Be With My Staff?
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Never Tell People How Much Money You Have
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Can Anyone Be as Committed as the Founder?
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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It Doesn't Matter Who Has the Bigger Startup
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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How Founders Get Rich Without An Exit
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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How to Make Potential Failure Less Scary
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Why Doesn't Anyone Understand What I'm Going Through?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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I Can't Have That, And That's Okay
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Many Startups Shutdown a Few Times Before They Succeed
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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When am I "too old" to Start a Startup?
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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What Do We Lose When We Sell Our Startups?
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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We Can't Keep Ignoring Founder Emotions
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Founders: All We Make are Bad Decisions
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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The Benefit of a Hard Reset
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Why Every Founder Needs a Founder Group
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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When Are Founders Just Employees?
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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We get Paid in Finishes, not Starts
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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You Are NOT Your Startup
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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How to Translate What Investors Tell Us
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Why Don't We Feel Like We've Made It
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Why aren't Founders more Transparent?
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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What Do We Owe Our Employees?
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Why No One Tells Founders, It's Over, Move On
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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The Advisory Board
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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How Do We Create Career Paths Within Startups?
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Early Retirement Is a Broken Concept
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Why We Say "No"
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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How Much Money Does it Take to Be Rich?
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Optimize for the Probability of an Outcome, Not the Size
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Founder Reputation
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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How Do I Leave My Startup Stress at Work?
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Why Can't I Be Happy Where I Am?
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Are Big Cities Better For Startups?
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Sometimes Shrinking is the Right Move
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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How Founders Should Communicate in a Crisis
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May 25, 2020 |
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Opportunities In a Recession
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May 18, 2020 |
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Bringing On An Investor Means Hiring Your Boss
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May 11, 2020 |
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Treat Departing Employees Like Future Employees
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May 04, 2020 |
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Forget Compensation, Let's Talk About Quality of Life
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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What If This Was Our Last Startup?
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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What If the Founder Personality is a Liability For the Startup?
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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It's a Marathon - Not a Sprint
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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What Should We Teach Kids About Entrepreneurship?
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Is it Okay to Show My Flaws?
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Celebrate Tiny Wins Like Super Bowls
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Will Somebody Try to Steal My Startup Idea?
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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What Problems Go Away With Time?
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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When Will My Startup Make Me Happier?
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Is a $0 Salary a Badge of Honor?
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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What Happens After I'm Successful?
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Is Doing Non-Startup Stuff Good For My Startup?
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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The Side Hustle
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Do Founders Need to be Good Managers?
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Fat, Sick, and Nearly Startup
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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I've Lost Interest In My Startup - Now What?
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Bouncing Back from Failure
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Founder Groups
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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What to Expect in the First Year
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Overwhelmed.
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Why Am I So Lonely?
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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How Do I Get People to Take Me Seriously?
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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How Much Is Our Freedom Worth?
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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How Do I Quit My Own Startup?
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Can I Have a Boss Again?
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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Am I Safe?
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Things We Don't Want To Do
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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Work From Home
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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My Company is Worth Millions...Why Am I Broke?
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Should I Pay People With Equity?
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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When Should Someone Else Run My Company?
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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The Cost of Toxic Employees
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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An Exit Plan
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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How Much Should I Be Working?
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Should I Regret Not Raising Capital?
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Burnt. Out.
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Steve Blank - When Startups Shed Their Skin
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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Am I a Fraud?
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Work Life Balance
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Preparing Your Spouse For a Startup
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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Equity Doesn't Mean Equal
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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How to Shut Down Gracefully
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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Growth Isn't Always Good
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May 27, 2019 |
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Your Advisors are Probably Wrong
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May 20, 2019 |
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How I Harness My Startup Anxiety
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May 13, 2019 |
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How Much to Pay Yourself
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May 06, 2019 |
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When to Raise Funds
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Startups Don't Go Bankrupt, Founders Do
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Life After a Startup Exit Ain't All Rosy
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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$250k is a Life-Changing Exit
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Your Degree Means Nothing Here
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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When to Fold the Tents
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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Optimizing Your Startup for Happiness
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Mar 16, 2019 |
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A $1 Million Business is a Home Run
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Stop Comparing Yourself to Other Startups
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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The Emotional Cost of Being a Startup Founder
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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The Problem with Working on Multiple Ideas at Once
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Mar 11, 2019 |