Startups are hard Personally: - My cofounder walked out door - I spent all money - I had to sign a full-recourse $750k note - Our product failed at top customer - My VPS told my board I was incompetent - My family didn't understand - I went through recessions Could have quit
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I live the life I deserve, blessed Forget a vacation, I feel better at work I mean, whatever it's worth, I give whatever I'm worth For my friends who would go to Hell and back for me I'ma give 'em Heaven on Earth Or a great check, yeah, whichever comes first Blessings on blessings on blessings Look at my life, man, that's lessons on lessons on lessons I treat the beat like it's a reverend I tell the truth like, "Father, forgive me, these are all my confessions" Man, this wasn't luck, it was destined I've lost friends who have been with me since childhood Who flip like confetti And then when you back, they back to call you "dog" That stuff can get petty Don't give no dap to me Funny thing about talking behind my back Is that it just keeps coming back to me Was off for a sec, now it's back to me, you mad at me This ain't what I want, man, this is what it had to be This is that late night working after three, man This is why my old girl was mad at me This why I'm your majesty, man The clique is the tightest, the support the strongest The drinks are the coldest, the future the brightest The feat not divided, the love is united And I just gotta thank God that we got it Blessed
Does the family understand now?! That’s the main thing. Otherwise it all ain’t worth it in the end.
It is hard indeed! We just launched the private beta of MarketHackr | The Experimentation Management Tool, but boy I had to change both the idea and the founding team 3 times.
As long as you are a well-funded, well-rounded, leader it's not that hard. The only hard part is finding capital. Other than that it's just a matter of unit economics and product market fit.
I can check all thise boxes too. On a smaller scale of course. Part of the journey and real innovation followed every time on my side.
The startup roller-coaster is not for the faint of heart 🎢
It’s a puzzle, indeed. Seemingly, it’s all a part of the balance in the design of things. Some lead. Some follow. Once in a while, it works out.
They are so hard in so many different ways.
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