{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Two Adrians walk into a startup...","title":"Burnout, Breakdowns, and Building: The Realities Behind Startup Side Projects","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2643,"description":"Burnout, Breakdowns, and Building: The Realities Behind Startup Side ProjectsIn this episode, the two Adrians - one a VC-backed founder, the other a bootstrap founder - explore the personal and professional journeys behind Brewbrand, a side project built by Adrian, VC-backed founder, alongside his co-founder Maria. With bankruptcy looming over their main company, Vatis Tech, the team took a bold leap to solve a problem they felt firsthand—the pain of creating authentic LinkedIn content.\nWhat you’ll hear:How personal frustrations inspired the creation of Brewbrand.The challenges of building a side project while working at a VC-backed startup.The impact of burnout on founders, their work, and their relationships.Why great products can still fail without strong distribution.How experienced and first-time founders cope differently with success and failure.Why co-founder alignment matters more than technical skills alone.What it feels like to make the difficult decision to shut down a startup.Lessons the founders learned about choosing co-founders.How failure led to personal growth and a new perspective on entrepreneurship.A practical framework for deciding when to keep going and when to walk away.Adrian and Maria discuss the emotional toll of entrepreneurship, the exhilarating highs and exhausting lows of juggling multiple ventures, and the tough lessons learned from building—and eventually pausing—a product with huge potential. They explore what it means to tie your identity to a startup, the challenges of team alignment, and how the strength of founder relationships can shape a company’s direction and resilience.\nTimestamps:\n00:00 - Origin story of Brewbrand's creation idea07:15 - Four months of experimenting and analysis10:15 - Convincing co-founders and investors to build12:15 - Juggling business demands and personal life15:40 - Discussing fears and unknown challenges21:08 - Developing and launching Brewbrand's first version22:12 - Considering new customer...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/atzVo7NRUV_nkKKmdCJHluOPuV15jpoC6emoSJuEM8w/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYjJj/ZTIyNDJjODFmNjky/NDQ0MThhZDYzMTRk/NjZiOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}