Startup Therapy

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how founders can survive a failed Startup. For some founders, when they experience failure, they immediately think that it’s the end, that it’s a complete failure. But one thing's for sure though – we will all get over it. Failure has always been a part of the process and it will teach us valuable lessons along the way. And it also gives us the most important ammunition: a chance to start again.

Show Notes

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how founders can survive a failed Startup. For some founders, when they experience failure, they immediately think that it’s the end, that it’s a complete failure. But one thing's for sure though – we will all get over it. Failure has always been a part of the process and it will teach us valuable lessons along the way. And it also gives us the most important ammunition: a chance to start again.  

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Resources:

What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:28 What happens to the founder after a startup fails?
  • 03:00 No one cares your startup failed
  • 05:05 Everyone is going through the same thing
  • 06:06 And then what?
  • 09:53 You won’t even remember it
  • 13:22 You can just try again
  • 14:56 Losses are momentary
  • 16:59 Your failures can be anecdotes to teach people
  • 18:17 You get a clean slate
  • 21:39 This is not your only chance
  • 23:09 You’re not starting from zero

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.