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Paul G. Silva
APRIL 1, 2025
Teaching Responsibility Thinking to Startup Founders Later, at Launch413, I helped startup founders navigate their growth journey. Many founders would leave board meetings with lengthy to-do lists. ” Founders, like many good employees, are biased toward action. Why all this corporate-seeming planning?”
American Entrepreneurship
MARCH 12, 2025
Many startups are founded with great ideas but fail because the founder lacks the adaptability, problem-solving ability, or grit to push through setbacks. Entrepreneurs must be creative enough to innovate, disciplined enough to stay focused, resourceful enough to do more with less, and bold enough to take calculated risks.
StartupNation
JUNE 27, 2025
And you’re not alone — research shows that burnout is common among high achievers, including founders, who are juggling constant uncertainty and responsibility. You also might be less creative when burned out , leaving you struggling to develop new ideas or solutions. You’re not lazy. You’re not failing. You’re burned out.
Startup Blogpost
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders To gain a deeper understanding of effective leadership, we asked startup founders and CEOs to share the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from successful entrepreneurs. ” The problem wasn’t our systems or employees; it was me.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 6, 2016
When I hear the realism that comes from founders with setback it elicits an understanding of what it takes to be successful at a startup that frankly can’t exist unless you’ve walked in those shoes before. In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2010
I see way too many startup founders who don’t have experience in selling and probably don’t feel that comfortable going to customers and asking for orders. This is probably because many founders are product or technology people. I often hear early stage founders telling me about their initial sales successes.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 6, 2020
We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .
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