Oct 19, 2019

The money comes fast in the startup world, the fall may be equally swift. Colin Kroll (co-founder of Vine), Austen Heinz (founder of Cambrian Genomics), Jody Sherman (Ecomum entrepreneur) all led successful businesses. But their journey has ended abruptly, they died of suicide. Being a step further, working an hour longer, not settling for less, learning from mistakes but ultimately taking winning as the only result. In 2011 Elon Musk famously said that starting a company is like “eating glass and staring into the abyss.” While it can easily pump up startup enthusiasts to keep grinding even harder because everybody wants to build a new Tesla, the phrase actually paints a sad picture of being an entrepreneur. A perfect recipe for deteriorating the mental health of those who are doing it. The text above is a summary, you can read full article here . 1