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Yep. I'm not saying the lure of startup success is easy to defend yourself against, but we should be more vocal about when it's time to stop or get help when th
by nicksergeant 14y ago
Yep. I'm not saying the lure of startup success is easy to defend yourself against, but we should be more vocal about when it's time to stop or get help when things aren't going right.
- richardjordan 14y agoI don't think you're wrong there. I think a more honest dialogue about how things really are, when things are going bad, and better support structures would benefit us all. Sadly I think you'd find admissions of struggle are perceived as weakness by the VC community (who'd deny this), or that's certainly what most entrepreneurs believe, so they feel that reaching out for help would be a net lose. I think of the analogy with head injuries in the NFL. They're the cost of doing business if you want to exceed, and look at what happened to Alex Smith when he took a break to recover from a concussion. Benched. Replaced. Now out on his ear. So I agree with you, I want to get there. Just don't know how to get there from here. Make sense?
- nicksergeant 14y agoYeah, absolutely. I like the analogy, too. But, unlike in the NFL, I think there are multiple roads to a successful business. One doesn't need to be a rocket that either lands on the boom or explodes in space :)