Thanks for this Paul. I've spent time on both sides of the side spectrum in addition to my own failed startup (but I'm not beaten yet!) and what you say is at

Thanks for this Paul. I've spent time on both sides of the side spectrum in addition to my own failed startup (but I'm not beaten yet!) and what you say is at this point in my life glaringly obvious. I'm making the jump this month from a (safe, established) monolith back to a (exciting, dynamic, risky) small company and hope to be back on my own startup path soon, and this post was a bit of inspiration precisely when I needed it.