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Startup Therapy

The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.

Who am I Really Competing Against?

38 mins; September 18, 2023

Investors are NOT on Our Side of the Table

27 mins; September 11, 2023

Plan for Bad Times - Budget in Good Times

29 mins; September 04, 2023

When a $40M is More Than a $200M Exit

33 mins; August 28, 2023

Don't Fear the Reaper (AI Edition)

48 mins; August 21, 2023

Don't Let Investors Become Your Customers

27 mins; August 14, 2023

We Can't Stay Out Of The Game For Too Long

25 mins; August 07, 2023

What if our Dreams are an Illusion?

32 mins; July 31, 2023

What if this isn't a "Big Business"?

48 mins; July 24, 2023

Founders, Not All Problems Are Apocalyptic

29 mins; July 17, 2023

Stop Listening to Investors

31 mins; July 03, 2023

Can You Build a Startup in Less Than 40 Hours a Week?

30 mins; June 26, 2023

Are Bootstrapped Startups Less Valuable Than Venture-Funded Startups?

45 mins; June 19, 2023

Why Founders Don't Ask For Help

33 mins; June 12, 2023

Can I Design My Startup Around My Life?

33 mins; June 05, 2023

Founders, Time is Your Greatest Asset

27 mins; May 29, 2023

The Toll on Everyone Around a Founder

39 mins; May 22, 2023

Big Starts Breed False Victories

35 mins; May 15, 2023

Once a Founder, Always a Founder

23 mins; May 08, 2023

The Invention of the 20-Something-Year-Old Founder

36 mins; May 01, 2023

When is Founder Ego Too Much?

37 mins; April 24, 2023

Founder Imposter Syndrome Never Goes Away

32 mins; April 17, 2023

How Long is a Founder Lifetime?

18 mins; April 12, 2023

Always Take Money Off The Table

35 mins; April 03, 2023

Should I Feel Guilty For Failing?

24 mins; March 27, 2023

The Case Against Full Transparency

28 mins; March 20, 2023

Does My Startup Really Need Full Time Employees?

29 mins; March 13, 2023

This is Probably Your Last Success

28 mins; March 06, 2023

How Many Times Can My Startup Die?

51 mins; February 20, 2023

How Should I Share My Wealth with Family?

34 mins; February 13, 2023

Why Do VC Funded Startups Love "Fake Growth?"

29 mins; February 06, 2023

Founder Legends Are Less Fun When You Are Living Them

28 mins; January 30, 2023

Can Middle Schoolers be Founders?

30 mins; January 23, 2023

Founders, At What Point Have We Sacrificed Too Much?

34 mins; January 16, 2023

Founders, How to Tell the Board "I Need a New Deal"

31 mins; January 09, 2023

Founders, Failure is Just One Chapter in Life

24 mins; December 12, 2022

What If I Want To Work Forever?

35 mins; December 05, 2022

Should Founders Worry About Quiet Quitting?

26 mins; November 28, 2022

If a Startup Sinks, Founders Go Down With It

46 mins; November 21, 2022

The Downfall of Becoming Internally Focused as Founders

22 mins; November 14, 2022

Founders, we earn our wins. This isn't the Powerball.

24 mins; November 07, 2022

All Founders are Beloved In Good Times

37 mins; October 31, 2022

Our Startup Culture of Entitlement

47 mins; October 24, 2022

The Bulls#!t Case for Raising Capital

30 mins; October 17, 2022

Founders, We Only Have To Be Right Once

30 mins; October 10, 2022

Why Every Kid Should Be a Startup Founder

28 mins; October 03, 2022

How Big of a Failure Can I Survive as a Founder?

27 mins; September 26, 2022

Why Are All My Founder Friends Ahead of Me?

40 mins; September 19, 2022

Are Startup CEOs Really CEOs?

38 mins; September 12, 2022

Founders, We Have SO Much Time Left In Our Careers

26 mins; September 05, 2022

Founders, Let's Live to Fight Another Day

29 mins; August 29, 2022

Being a Founder Made Me a Better Parent, and Vice Versa.

33 mins; August 22, 2022

We Need To Build A Culture of “I’m Wrong”

34 mins; August 15, 2022

Where There's Smoke - There's Fire

27 mins; August 08, 2022

What Would I Tell My Former Founder Self?

57 mins; August 01, 2022

We Need a Culture of Accountability

35 mins; July 18, 2022

Am I a Good Manager?

34 mins; July 11, 2022

Sacrificing our Health for our Startup is NOT OK

29 mins; June 27, 2022

What if Our Startup Founder Anxiety Never Quits

34 mins; June 20, 2022

This is Fun and All, But When Do I Get Rich??

26 mins; June 13, 2022

We're All Afraid of Paper Demons

25 mins; June 06, 2022

Letting People Go: Ego and Safety

50 mins; May 30, 2022

What a Market Downturn Means for Startups

25 mins; May 23, 2022

As a Founder, Should I Focus on Profit or Growth?

31 mins; May 16, 2022

Funding is a One Way Street

27 mins; May 09, 2022

My Startup Stalled - Now What?

58 mins; May 02, 2022

What if We Fired Everyone and Started Over?

33 mins; April 25, 2022

This Could be our Last Shot

29 mins; April 18, 2022

Will Investors Let Me Take Money Off The Table?

33 mins; April 11, 2022

Being Leveraged Means Having Zero Choices

52 mins; April 04, 2022

I Failed. What Will People Think of Me?

37 mins; March 21, 2022

Don't Be Afraid to Take Big Swings

30 mins; March 14, 2022

When Founders no Longer have Upside

33 mins; March 07, 2022

The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Retirement as Founders

48 mins; February 28, 2022

The Problem with Local Advice

38 mins; February 21, 2022

Why Do I Feel Like Time is Running Out?

34 mins; February 14, 2022

The Value of Many Tiny Financial Wins

33 mins; February 07, 2022

We ALL Fake It Until We Make It

33 mins; January 31, 2022

Founder Consequences

38 mins; January 24, 2022

My Unhealthy Relationship with Work

43 mins; January 17, 2022

The Goal is NOT to be a Startup

29 mins; January 10, 2022

Does Competition Really Matter?

31 mins; December 27, 2021

We Can't Fight at Work and at Home

32 mins; December 20, 2021

What does Founder Success "Feel" Like?

32 mins; December 13, 2021

Let's Kill the 40 Hour Work Week

44 mins; December 06, 2021

Minimum Viable Happiness

61 hours 44 mins; November 29, 2021

The Funding of "No Man's Land"

29 mins; November 22, 2021

What does Founder "Success" Feel Like?

30 mins; November 15, 2021

The Risk of Trading Vulnerability for Opportunity

40 mins; November 08, 2021

Failure in Startups is not Absolute

28 mins; November 01, 2021

Can a Founder take a Sabbatical?

38 mins; October 25, 2021

Am I Lying or Just Being Optimistic?

31 mins; October 18, 2021

Stop Glorifying "Hustle Porn"

37 mins; October 11, 2021

Startups Actually Amplify our Social Lives

34 mins; October 04, 2021

We Only Get to be Great at One Thing

42 mins; September 27, 2021

Flee Your Overpriced City

40 mins; September 20, 2021

In Our Darkest Hour, Where Do We Find Hope?

22 mins; September 01, 2021

Great Ideas Start as Dumb Ideas

20 mins; August 30, 2021

Why Is Everyone Counting My Money?

32 mins; August 25, 2021

Beware of the Absentee Landlord in the Cap Table

43 mins; August 23, 2021

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