WFIO – “We’re f*cked it’s over”

There are many ways this can happen:

• A legal ruling goes against you
• Apple refuses to approve your application unless you remove your best feature
• Big tech company launches the same as or substantially similar product
• Your ...

WFIO moments feel like dying, but your startup can always move forward. With ingenuity and grit, you will find a way out of it.

Ben Horowitz’s WFIO moment: In September 1999, Horowitz co-founded LoudcloudAfter the dot-com bubble, the company ran out of money in 2002

No private investo...

• Get it out of your head and onto paper; writing is the best way to calm your “monkey mind“. Writing forces you to stress test the clarity of thinking.
• Share your worries with trusted friends from outside the company, especially if they have experience with WFIO moments in their start...