About The Next Founder

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”— Maya Angelou

Startups matter. They create new products, new jobs, new wealth, and economic growth. They can change the lives of those who start them, invest in them, buy from them, or work for them.

But startups are hard. Most fail, and the ones that succeed require years of hard work, near-death experiences, agonizingly hard decisions, and trigger stress and anxiety for the people who struggle to bring them into the world.

Our mission is to help founders succeed. We’ll talk about the challenges and opportunities that most startup founders face, regardless of the product or industry they are tackling. 

See Welcome to The Next Founder for a series overview, and you can find links to past and future essays in The Next Founder Table of Contents.