Startup Therapy

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the truth about Startup shutdowns. That shutdowns always happen to Startup businesses, several bad decisions don’t mean a complete failure, and second chances can happen when you’ve asked the critical Why’s.

Show Notes

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the truth about Startup shutdowns. Shutdown cycles always happen to Startup businesses, several bad decisions don’t mean a complete failure, and second chances can happen when you’ve asked the critical Why’s.

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Resources:

What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:59 Startup shutdown is always part of the process
  • 07:05 Shutdowns had been happening even before COVID
  • 12:15 When you assume you’re a failure because of several bad decisions
  • 14:27 How bad was the mindset?
  • 16:47 What was the turning point?
  • 19:56 Rising back after a 48-hour downtime
  • 24:59 Do-overs are what defines some of the great companies
  • 28:46 Tips on how to restart a Startup
  • 34:06 The looming danger when you can’t ask all the critical “Why?”
  • 35:54 It starts with seeing a version 2 of the business to restart

What is Startup Therapy?

The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.