Do I Want to Keep Doing This?
The mentality for startup founders is to go though a lor of pain for a few years, in the hopes that their company will make them millions in an acquisition. This could be a bad plan since most companies are not venture scale. Unicorns are the rare exception not the rule. Why ruin your health chasing dreams?
If you want to build a sustainable business optimize for the joy of coming to work. Build the company so that when you ask yourself "Do I want to do this again?" The answer js yes.
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