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Founder’s Journey: Building a Startup from the Ground Up
English - May 09, 2018 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsBusiness Technology startup metrics saas revenue forecasting founder entrepreneur business bootstrap funding Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As founders, a lot of our identities get wrapped up in our companies. Certainly within our industries, but even to family and friends it’s how people know us. And over time, we sort of become our companies. Most founders or CEOs are the “face” of their businesses and eventually they’re inseparable. Being wholly consumed by your company hurts not only you and the people around you, but even the company itself.