It is fun sometimes but I feel that's 20% off it. There are 99 reasons wherein you feel like giving up daily but somehow you stick along & keep going. The stories we read online or anywhere else of riches are quite few but you feel a complete let down wherein somebody made insane money in 3 years & you are struggling for 5 years+ making some money but not what you imagined.
I run a profitable bootstrapped business for 5+ years & some days are hard coz everybody is hopping on new tech (eg: Crypto, AI) & you might be doing the same old stuff & don't know how to pick yourselves up to learn something new. People are getting funded & making insane money in secondaries, etc.
Then dealing with bullshit on the internet. Everyone on LinkedIn is successful, putting numbers & gyaan. Some days are overwhelming & you feel being super rich comes with a lot of factors in your favor & tradeoffs as well. Bas, tumhara number aaya nahi hai ya shayad hi aayega. Rant over.
Next rant: “water is wet”
What you describe is life. Not the exact same challenges but different ones, and exhausting.
Thanks for sharing!
Very few actually share honest truths about entrepreneurship. Most people just speak about the macho/showboating side of things.
My 18 year old is quite proud of me but the current one is struggling. Mental health is something which I have started taking seriously since last 2 years
Absolutely my friend.
Theres no money/success worth losing your mind over. Right?
I personally too hope to never let mental health slide
@WhiskeySour you might not realize, but hopefully they’ve also been 5 years of greater freedom
No boss. You get to be more of the man/woman that you are. Not having to suck up to someone or do ji hazuri
I know it’s incredibly hard. Have been there and failed, and have heard too many tales of others struggling too.
But it take something. And kudos to you for doing it for 5 years.
I hope you see incredible success, or if not, just a lot of peace in life :)
Thanks a lot :) I am proud of myself but it's just constant hustle & showing up despite setbacks is not easy. Knowing that sometimes only you are backing yourself is tough.
I guess that's the price you pay to sail your own boat.
Thank you for sharing this!
If you don't mind can you please share
Thanks
Please note that you are a rare breed of people who own bootstrapped companies and are profitable as well. Good wishes and keep your chin up man!!!
What would be your advice to a new generation entrepreneur?
Before I started my own thing, I dabbled in freelancing & got used to working independent. Get that feeling first & if you are able to pass through that, go ahead & start. Figure everything else with time.
There has been a subtle decline in freelancing due to AI factor. So if you were starting your entrepreneur journey today what would be your plan?
Profitable and bootstrapped 🚀kudos to you man. I guess 90% of the startup’s with VC money are loss making, cash burning machines and are at least a decade or 5 years away from what you have.
In terms of money, I bet there’s more on the other side but you can any day sell yours and make tons of it and then go work in a high growth startup which will pay you tons.
Thank you :) It's not that easy to sell esp when you run a small business. It does support the lifestyle & I have freedom to not answer to anybody esp the VC's.
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Yes risk taker, but the race doesn't have the same starting point for everyone
I have been building my startup for some time now.
Every year in my journal I have been writing for the last 7 years how difficult building a business is.
I am just so exhausted.
