[crosh]

My friend, the first few months are the easiest months - the ignorance is bliss months. Running a startup is enormous fun and an incredible learning experience. I have enumerated some of the stress inducing issues below. I do not mean to discourage, though everyone needs to know what they are getting into with eyes wide open,

- Not having done enough research and received proper feedback before launch and the product not taking off.

- Bending over backwards for major clients.

- Feeling enormous responsibility to your investors to pay them back.

- Making sure that you do not run out of money.

- Responsibility to your employees that you do everything you can to make sure that you will be able to pay them, and that their efforts will prove fruitful.

- Hiring the right people.

- Firing the right people.

- How you are taking a $60k/year salary, basically paycheck-to-paycheck and not being able to go to your closest friend's bachelor parties/weddings, and not being able to get your girlfriend a nice engagement ring or pay for a wedding.