This section is for the human side of running a company: motivation, doubt, money worries, burnout, family, working alone and deciding whether to keep going.
How to post here
- Say what is going on, as plainly as you can.
- Say what you want: advice, other people's experience, or simply to be heard. All three are fine, and it helps to say which.
How to reply
- Read the whole post first.
- Share your own experience before you offer advice.
- Do not tell people to push through. It is rarely what helps.
- Keep what you read here to yourself.
If things are serious. This forum is a group of peers, not a mental health service. If you are struggling to cope, or having thoughts of harming yourself, please contact a doctor, a local crisis line or your country's emergency number now. Reaching out to a professional is a reasonable, ordinary step, and plenty of founders have taken it.
A note. Building a company alone is hard in ways that are easy to hide online. If you are finding it hard, you are in very large company.