Startup Therapy

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the cost of ambition. They discuss the levels in which aspiration is achieved, how starting a business involves: a series of unique conditions, the three basic levers of ambitions, and the uncertainty of the returns a founder has to consider.

Show Notes

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about the cost of ambition. They discuss the levels in which aspiration is achieved, how starting a business involves: a series of unique conditions, the three basic levers of ambitions, and the uncertainty of the returns a founder has to consider. 

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Resources:

What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:21 There are things that you may not achieve at all
  • 03:25 Not having something sometimes doesn’t matter
  • 05:52 It’s not just ambitions, it involves a series of conditions to reach a certain threshold
  • 11:44 “There are levels to which ambition alone can achieve.”
  • 15:39 The cost of ambition becomes more than just our time
  • 21:42 You know the cost, but what about the returns of your ambition?
  • 26:45 Once you achieve something, how much are you willing to work for the next
  • 32:17 The three basic levers of ambition 

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.