Startup Therapy

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how founders should not feel like they are running out of time – because they’re not. Most young entrepreneurs feel that they should rush things just because others seem to be doing well in life already and they’re feeling left behind. Everyone has their own timeframes and maybe this year is just not your year, and that’s okay, because you still have a lot of time left in your career.

Show Notes

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss how founders should not feel like they are running out of time – because they’re not. Most young entrepreneurs feel that they should rush things just because others seem to be doing well in life already and they’re feeling left behind. Everyone has their own timeframes and maybe this year is just not your year, and that’s okay, because you still have a lot of time left in your career. 

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Resources:

What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:07 You have so much time in your career
  • 03:12 Be reasonable about given timeframes
  • 05:01 Look at the long view
  • 07:26 The most powerful companies were built over decades
  • 09:01 Don’t allow external opinions to tell you where you should be now
  • 10:48 What you can actually accomplish
  • 12:44 This might not be your decade yet
  • 13:59 Some resources will not be available now but will be in the future
  • 17:02 You have to pace yourself
  • 22:11 Build your pyramid

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.