The Silent Killer Stalking Every Startup Founder

(and How to Escape It).

The life of a startup founder is often romanticized as a glamorous, jet-setting existence full of excitement and success.

The media loves to highlight the overnight wins, the big funding rounds, and the flashy exits.

But what often gets left out of the narrative is the dark underbelly of entrepreneurship — the crushing stress, the endless hours, and the weight of responsibility that can drive even the most passionate founders to the brink of physical and mental collapse.

It’s called burnout…

…and it’s the silent killer stalking every startup founder.

Burnout is a state of chronic stress that leads to physical and emotional exhaustion, cynicism and detachment, and feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment. It’s the result of pouring all of your energy, time, and passion into your startup at the expense of your well-being.

Burned-out founders make poor decisions, alienate their teams and investors, and often end up having to step away from the company they’ve poured their…