Most people don't realise that startups will humble the shit out of you. One day you’re announcing a fundraise and maybe twelve months later you will run out of money. And your employees will see you clueless and your investors will think you dint execute well. Everyone who wanted to meet you and do podcasts will stop replying. You’ll run out of money, confidence, ideas, and sometimes all three at once. The fear that you may look stupid someday because of entrepreneurship is real. You cant fight that but will have to survive to figure what kind of founder you become when there is nothing impressive left to show. Entrepreneurship eventually introduces everyone around you to the version of you that has no answers.

Bro to bro- do not try entrepreneurship if you don't have a high tolerance for uncertainty. For long periods of time, you genuinely won’t know if you’re early, wrong, unlucky, or just stupid. You need to be cheap before you can afford not to be. Because raising money and burning it is easy. Building something people are willing to pay for is hard. You need high self esteem and a low ego and you've to be comfortable being wrong, looking stupid and changing your mind. Most importantly, learn how to lose without becoming a loser. Because you’re going to lose a lot- money, people, deals & time. Just don’t lose your ability to think clearly. And btw, don’t go looking for motivation. It is useless after a while. What you really need is stamina. Both physical & mental.