@pareen
>> Stress & Mental Health:
•72% of founders report mental health issues.
(Source: Startup Snapshot 2022)
Anxiety, loneliness, burnout, very common.
>> Lifestyle:
•Most social plans revolve around work.
•Friends = coworkers, investors, other founders.
•Relationships & family life take a hit unless very carefully protected.
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Typical Founder Traits:
(not glamorous, but consistent across data)
- Obsession: They think about their startup 24/7.
- Resilience: Fail often and get back up to iterate.
- High Pain Tolerance: Constant rejection, uncertainty, criticism.
- Unreasonable Optimism: Delusional enough to believe they’ll win.
(confuses the hell out of their family, partners, and friends)
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So before starting up…....
Don’t ask:
“Is this a cool idea?”
Ask:
“Am I okay becoming a person who works 10 years, 70 hrs/week, probably broke for a while, with most people not understanding what I’m doing?”
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