Nobody's Fault But Mine - The 6 Stages of Startup Founder Depression
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NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE…My 6 Stages of Startup Founder Depression and the Lessons LearnedVidar AndersenFUCKUP NIGHTS Düsseldorf, April 16. 2015
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VIDAR ANDERSEN • STARTUP FOUNDER • EDUCATOR • INNOVATION ADVISOR
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL +ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES
+ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATESINNOVATION & GROWTH THROUGH SCIENCE + ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TECHNOLOGY• Rexter • Objective C • Django • HTML5 • Zepto • AWS S3 • Rackspace
Cloud
• Python • Werkzeug • Gevent • ØMQ • MongoDB • Neo4j • OrientDB* • Titan*
*experimental
Literally all the cash I had left in the world on landing at SFO June 2013
All my credit cards where cancelled, bank accts frozen… (Thank heaven for PayPal)
A-PLAYER IN GAME X !=
A-PLAYER IN GAME YI should have stuck to my game -A-Player in Game X attracts C-Players in Game Y
GET EVERYTHING IN WRITINGBecause love is NOT all you need - Get the co-founder’s agreement up front!
YOU WILL WIN SOME YOU WILL LOSE SOMEDo NOT put all eggs in one basket - diversify - DO NOT listen to the VC investors