> This company will be a success; my life depends on it. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Statements like this are not healthy. Failing at a startup -

> This company will be a success; my life depends on it. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Statements like this are not healthy. Failing at a startup -- or any other business venture -- doesn't mean you're personally a failure. The number of startups that fail is huge -- especially if count ambiguous success cases like radical pivots or acquihires. The fact that you're doing a startup at all means you've already differentiated yourself from a lot of programmers out there.