Founder Legends Are Less Fun When You Are Living Them

30/01/2023 28 min Episodio 197
Founder Legends Are Less Fun When You Are Living Them

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In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan discuss the myths behind founder’s success stories. Whenever we hear a story of somebody else’s win most likely we find it inspiring, right? And after hearing this zero to hero story we then decide that we want to be like them someday. But are you sure about that? And are you really willing to go through the pain that they had to live through just to be where they are now?Sign up for the Startups Newsletterhttps://www.startups.com/newsletterResources:Startup Therapy Podcast https://www.startups.com/beginJoin our Network of Top Founders Check in with us on LinkedIn | Wil Schroter | Ryan RutanWhat to Listen For00:00 Intro04:00 The myths of success stories08:27 It’s not a fun story if you were to live it10:40 “We didn’t see it coming, it just happened!”12:09 You don’t know where you are in the arc13:50 Is your story really contiguous?15:01 The misses gets ignored just because it became a success17:11 Stop comparing19:26 We don’t acknowledge the pain23:49 You can’t recreate these stories25:22 Understand the pain, not just the success