What scares you the most about being a startup?
Gabe Moronta
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My biggest fear is not doing enough to help the team succeed. Despite being afraid, I like the pressure that comes with it, because I feel like I can handle it. As I move forward, I know I have to stay focused. The fact that people are counting on me motivates me. It's my responsibility to make sure I do my best. It's not about ego, it's about the greater good, so if I need assistance, I will happily and humbly ask for it. The fear of failure is my biggest motivation, but it is also my biggest fear.
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Sven Radavics@sven_radavics
My biggest fear is losing individual investors money.
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@gabe_moronta It's the no.1 thing that interferes with my sleep. I can usually calm myself down knowing that i haven't 'over pitched' the opportunity.
At startups, we are creating new product, new experience for the customers BEFORE the customers show up. How do we know what they want?
That's what keeps me up at night. Not really a fear, but always in my mind that we are racing against time, to make sure that our product will win over the customers.
my team not benefiting at all, either too little compensation or at the very least it being a solid project for their resume or portfolio in the future.
Good thing is, they are young high schoolers and I know their gaining a lot of knowledge and experience creating an app at this size. so there is some silver lining
I'm finally starting on Monday and I am very nervous.
What if it doesn't work? What if I fail?
And my answer is MEH!
Yes if it doesn't get traction i will be annoyed, but it is a life lesson only to make me a better person. And it tells me that I tried. I did it.
Rather than... What if?
The fear that what unavoidably awaits me at the end (whatever that means and whenever that may be) is too much regret - not about failure vs. success, but about what I could have done differently, and whether I could have done more to benefit my brand's community. Strangely, "failure" does not scare me because a sufficient part of me won't define that based on outcomes. It's more a fear of my willpower to avoid the "shoulda/coulda/woulda" game.
I suppose that applies to life more broadly though!