Comments on: What drives this entrepreneur? Overconfidence and poop dreams http://blog.qrisper.com/2009/07/what-drives-this-entrepreneur-overconfidence-and-poop-dreams/ the making of qrisper.com Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:47:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Jason Cohen http://blog.qrisper.com/2009/07/what-drives-this-entrepreneur-overconfidence-and-poop-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jason Cohen Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:06:16 +0000 http://blog.qrisper.com/?p=201#comment-15 It's true that "starting" isn't the hard part, unless part of that means "leave your day job," in which case the clock is ticking and it really is a big choice. It's also true that these first few months... OK 12-24 months -- are really hard and will test you. Besides the "sacrifice health" article that you generously linked to (thanks!), may I suggest this article that lists 10 specific hardships you encounter and how to address them, and laments that most business bloggers don't talk about them at all: http://blog.asmartbear.com/blog/underbelly-what-haughty-startup-bloggers-dont-tell-you.html I'm glad you're fessing up -- it helps everyone to know that their pain is shared. Also kudos for the awesome post title! :-) It’s true that “starting” isn’t the hard part, unless part of that means “leave your day job,” in which case the clock is ticking and it really is a big choice.

It’s also true that these first few months… OK 12-24 months — are really hard and will test you. Besides the “sacrifice health” article that you generously linked to (thanks!), may I suggest this article that lists 10 specific hardships you encounter and how to address them, and laments that most business bloggers don’t talk about them at all:

http://blog.asmartbear.com/blog/underbelly-what-haughty-startup-bloggers-dont-tell-you.html

I’m glad you’re fessing up — it helps everyone to know that their pain is shared.

Also kudos for the awesome post title! :-)

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