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Show Notes
In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss about the deaths of your startup and how many times do you come back from the grave? Starting a business is actually just a series of recovering from deaths, and that’s okay – but when does it actually start getting better and when would be the time where you realize that you should stop?
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What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:31 It’s a series of recovering from deaths
- 04:24 We assume it’s supposed to work
- 05:27 Momentum to move forward
- 06:23 The walking dead
- 08:36 Hearing “no’s”
- 13:16 You’ll never know if this is the end
- 15:15 Are you doing this because you’re afraid of failure?
- 17:57 You have more downside than upside
- 21:57 Success is not in short increments
- 23:25 The world is in defense mode right now
- 26:12 Try to not die
- 30:04 Signals for when to stay or leave
- 32:24 How do you know if you actually died
- 37:34 This is just how business works
- 42:54 Is this a hurdle or a real wall?
- 46:02 Running out of cash and having to lay off staff
- 50:00 Everything is impossible until somebody does it