| I stutter, sometimes really bad. I've written about it at https://justink.svbtle.com/being-a-founder-with-a-speech-imp.... I'm a single and multiple startup founder. When I was trying to raise capital for one of my companies it was certainly an impediment and felt like I squandered multiple meetings (investors, VC's, business opportunities) sometimes only getting a few complete sentences out. Phone and virtual meetings are worse for me, so whenever possible I try to always meet in person. Stress and anxiety makes my stuttering worse. Strangely I've also found my stuttering seems to have seasons. Certain times that tend to get worse. I'm pretty sure Elon Musk has a stammer/stutter but it's gotten way better probably with such public practice and working with a speech therapist since he has unlimited funds to spend on improvement. There have been some great threads on stuttering here on HN: - How to Stop Apologizing for My Stutter, and Other Important Lessons (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14949950) - Being a single founder with a speech impediment (my own post)
(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7649325) Hit me up, my contact info in my HN profile. Interested to chat, and hear what you are working on. |