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Startup companies
fromFortune
18 hours ago

Ring's founder went from shoveling horse stalls to selling to Amazon for $1.15 billion and says work-life balance is a myth | Fortune

Ring grew from a Shark Tank rejection into a billion-dollar company through relentless work, extreme travel, and personal sacrifices including severe sleep loss.
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Resignation Numbs the Heart, Surrender Opens It

When Sam, the founder of a fast-growing tech company, came to see me, he was exhausted. For over a dozen years, he had poured everything into his startup, building it up to hundreds of employees and revenues nearing a hundred million. But as market shifts and new technologies gave rise to fierce competitors, growth had stalled... and so had Sam. In our sessions, Sam vacillated between two poles. At times, he would slump in his chair, shoulders collapsed, voice flat: "I'm thinking of just quitting."
Mental health
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