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by dennykmiu 6009 days ago
Doing a startup is not unlike taking a long bike ride. You will fall off your bike time and time again, either due to inexperience or obstacles along the path. Now is the time to do an equipment check before you ride again. Don’t try to restart your journey right away unless you are confident that you have the physical endurance and the support of your family (i.e., your wife, as a business partner and as a spouse). Think of your family, your health and your startup as the three legs of your three-legged stool. If you wobble on one but solid on the other two, then at least you have a fighting chance. If you have any doubt on anything, now is the perfect time to walk away and blame it on a broken bike. But keep in mind that as I have learned in my recent climb in Africa, you don't get to the top of Kilimanjaro by stopping, you do so by resting.
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Great advice, thank you!