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Being a self-funded, small business owner and lead designer, I do feel stressed some days, but I love what I'm doing. I tend to consider what I experience most often is 'good stress'. Having to wear multiple hats until I have the means to properly pay for more help kinda sucks, but I deal. I know it's a process. As a creative, I'm learning business through books, podcasts, experience, trial and error. I can't really say I'm interested in managing, seeking investors, outsourcing tasks overseas, and telling other people what to do all the time. The hands-on part is what I love. For this I struggle, but also possess a sense of satisfaction. At least I can say that life is seldom boring and I'm happy with the results so far.

10% are going to hate you, 10% are going to love you, 80% don't care. Snap out of it.

Good day Startups.com, all listeners, speakers, writers, readers, and teachers. I started on my spiritual knees and I live there and never rise from them. God through Jesus brought me to my spiritual knees and He and His Son and Holy Spirit is always above me from within. They have already gone before me, already know the steps I need to take, and have given me the measure of grace and faith I need for each step and I know they will continue! Amen! In the name of our Father, His Son, and Holy Spirit of Truth!

As a founder of 2 businesses, I think this visual representation doesn't really capture it. It's more of the highs and lows. And there can be several even in a single day. Some moments you're riding a high wave. And others you feel like you're sinking to the bottom of the ocean. It's the vicissitudes which make the start-up experience so challenging. What's the Answer: Having a business partner that you trust and balances you. They can help reduce some of the extreme highs while also lifting you out of those low points.

What's missing though from this graphic is the getting back up after you've fallen down... Founders are a hearty bunch even when we've been knocked to the ground and have feelings of failure uncertainty or the joy of success. But I think it's wrong to portray the founder on the ground and not getting back up - even when it gets tough going it alone.

Wow! So thankful this graphic does not represent my experience. I love the entrepreneurial experience, the constant learning, and the experience of being on the journey with others, as we learn together. I hope there is a graphic representing how rewarding the experience is in the course as well to encourage others - particularly with the acceleration of so many founding businesses in recent years.

Great image idea, but could have been done better, especially the last part. Nonetheless, I agree that building a business can be a rollercoaster ride, and having a supportive community of like-minded individuals who truly understand the challenges and triumphs is invaluable. It's about finding inspiration, gaining new perspectives, forming potential collaborations, and ultimately making it out of the doldrums.

Founder groups often discuss fundraising and growth, but production risk deserves a seat at the table too. Many luxury brands don't discover sample-to-scale gaps or material reproducibility issues until scaling failure creates launch timing risk and retail quality consistency problems. Those conversations are far less expensive before production begins.

Although this can be a true depiction, leading with negativity is never my strategy. I must say, the reach and engagement of this post 2 years later is impressive. You know what they say, "bad press is good press". Albeit, I don't think this was done intentionally. Anyone think this was intentional to go viral? 🤔 IMHO it was a fortunate mishap.