INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
built onstage at Disrupt and discovering that my skill and will to win are no match against the world
I then went to an event where I gave my usual rant (and pissed people off) about how smaller market cities are having huge trouble
innovating, and then went out with some good people to talk about cool stuff.Then, on my way back to the hotel, I looked both ways on a
My first startup had failed and everything else was a slow burn
I could turn off this brain once and for all and I thought everyone would be happier.I got help
I had been traveling through life in a haze
and spoke onstage so I could feel something, anything, better than the flat grey note that played constantly in my head.I feel better now
I have a lot of digging to do
Maybe he was having a blast, flush on investor money and celebrating a win
There is the stress, the overwork
There is the sense of failure even amid the greatest successes
There is deep frustration and deep anger
Entrepreneurs are high performers who are used to getting As in life
We all have to work to remind ourselves of this
A startup, like any creative endeavor, is doomed to fail, but its very existence is a miracle
We do it not because we want to make millions but because we want to fix something broken in the world
I write to share cool things with you all
I make startups to help bring the next level of innovation
But I let these efforts get in the way of life
I thought my failures were systemic, that I was proving that I was a failure over and over again and that I had visible proof through my
and see nothing but junk, we have to remember that we are making real efforts, building real things, moving way ahead of the pack
The world will catch up.There are lots of ways to get help
hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress
It provides Spanish-speaking counselors, as well as options for deaf and hard of hearing individuals
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A 24-hour Online Chat in partnership with Contact USA is also available.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline can be reached at
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