The Art of Coming Down the Mountain: Why Founders Must Master Recovery
Monday, 15 September 2025
Founders love the sprint. I do. The next release, the hackathons, pitch days, and product launches; we thrive on speed, the release, and feedback. We glorify the rush of deadlines, the late-night breakthroughs, the caffeine-fueled wins that light up LinkedIn. The problem is that we often confuse motion for momentum, and in doing so, neglect
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When Entrepreneurship is Bad for the Economy
Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Entrepreneurship has long been celebrated as the ultimate engine of economic growth, innovation, and job creation. But what if the fervor surrounding “being an entrepreneur” has gone too far? The glorification of entrepreneurship as an end in itself may actually be hurting our economy. As with most cultural phenomena, the truth is more nuanced than
- Published in Economic Development, Startups
Wisdom of Life in Work
Friday, 17 December 2021
My Dad sent me a thought about Life, and lately, I can’t help but be fixated on notions that life lessons parallel entrepreneurship more than we realize or put into practice. The notion, for example, of finding cofounders is frequently explored through consideration of Dating and Marriage. Experiences in life informing what it means to
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The Emperor’s New Clothes of Entrepreneurship
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
When you're prepared for loss, failure, isolation, commitment, tenacity, perseverance, and living on nothing, THEN maybe give it a shot; not because someone else says it's easy or that they'll help you. You need to be more prepared for the very likely downside than living on the hopes and dreams perpetuated because a small fraction who try make it work.
- Published in Insights / Research, Startups
The Stress of Running a Venture Backed Startup
Friday, 17 July 2020
The expectations of investors, the demands of a company now more prominent in the market, but the ease of pressure in having resources available… Being venture backed doesn’t make it more stressful, nor less, it’s a matter of the stage, the expectations, and what that all means to you personally. Startup teams usually change from
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The Mental Health Burden of Entrepreneurship
Monday, 16 December 2019
In 1985, management scholar Manfred Kets de Vries wrote in Harvard Business Review, “Entrepreneurs seem to be achievement oriented, like to take responsibility for decisions, and dislike repetitive, routine work. Creative entrepreneurs possess high levels of energy and great degrees of perseverance and imagination, which, combined with willingness to take moderate, calculated risks enable them
- Published in Insights / Research, Startups
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