The Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs

ISBN-13: 9781119839736 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 320 str.

Mahendra Ramsinghani

Spis treści

Foreword xiAcknowledgments xvAbout the Cover xviiA Note to Readers xixIntroduction-The Despondent Founder 1Part I Running to a Standstill 91 When Suicide Seems Like a Good Option 112 Stepping Back from the Edge 293 How External Events Trigger Negative Feelings 394 Obstacles and Frustrations 47Part II Understanding Our Psychology 555 Building Our Psychological Quotient 576 Ethics 657 Do the Right Thing 718 Ego - The Emperor and the Slave 799 Working with Your Ego 8710 The Hidden Land of Desires and Motivations 9311 Logos and the Mind 10512 Pathos: Belief Systems 11713 Putting It All Together 123Part III Reassembling the Furniture 12714 Toward Building a Healthy Ego 12915 Psychotherapy: An Imperfect History of an Impossible Profession 14316 Fearing Our Own Selves ... and Other Mental Blocks 14917 Stages of Therapy 15918 Challenges and Pitfalls in Therapy 16519 Medicating Our Way to Recovery 173Part IV These Rituals Worked for Us 18320 A Soul Made Cheerful 18521 Prescription 1 - An Organized Diminution of Work 19322 Prescription 2 - Get Out of Your Head 19923 Prescription 3 - Feeling, Not Thinking 20924 Prescription 4 - Spirit over Mind 21725 Prescription 5 - A Promise to Yourself 23326 The Elements of a Good Life 239Postscript: How to Care for the Broken and the Depressed 245Appendix I: A Founder's Mental Health Manifesto 261Appendix II: Founders' Voices and Anonymized Surveys 263Notes 265About the Author 271About the Website 273Index 275

O autorze

MAHENDRA RAMSINGHANI, B. Engg., MBA, authored this book as an empathetic attempt to support the wounded entrepreneur -- the silent soldiers struggling on the startup battlefield, fending for themselves as they recover. In his fifteen years of investment experience, he has seen first-hand, the struggle with the siren call of startups. He is the author of The Business of Venture Capital (Wiley, 2021) and co-author of Startup Boards (Wiley) with Brad Feld and Matt Blumberg. His articles have appeared in MIT Technology Review, Forbes, and TechCrunch. He is the founder of Secure Octane, a San Francisco-based venture fund and has advised sovereign and corporate venture funds in the United States as well as the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.