The Absurd Way Startup Founders Have to Measure Their Own Success

Entrepreneurs are always stressed that they’re not making enough progress, but it’s because they’re measuring progress the wrong way.

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
5 min readOct 16, 2023

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One of the strangest things about successful entrepreneurs is how ignorant they are of their own success. To be clear, I don’t mean…

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com