If you haven't checked out the episode of #talkingstartupstories with the amazing Andrew Riesen, you really should go listen. The level of candor, honesty, and authenticity in Andrew's story is both amazing and important. It's far too easy to fall into the trap of believing the PR and the polished spin that startup founders often put out on social media, in person, and on stage is true and real. But being a startup founder is just flat out hard. It takes extraordinary resilience that is far outside the norm. It takes a different kind of acceptance of risk. And it takes a very real toll on people. Being a startup founder requires you to be different, often in profound ways. And that kind of difference is also just flat out hard. Finally, I want to thank Andrew for entrusting me with his story. Mahalo my friend. Check it out here: Apple: https://lnkd.in/gGMb9MMp Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gxMB_hVR
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