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If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain …
then this book would not be in vain.
NOTES
1 ssss1 The words founder, CEO, and entrepreneur are used interchangeably across this book.
2 ssss1 Matthew Cooper, “I'm Stepping Down as CEO Due to My Mental Health—and I Want to Talk About It,” Quartz, December 18, 2020, https://qz.com/work/1947585/earnups-matthew-cooper-im-leaving-as-ceo-due-to-mental-health/.
Part I Running to a Standstill
In which we look at how inner challenges and frustrations can push us to the limit – and how we can postpone some ideas.
1 When Suicide Seems Like a Good Option
A few years ago, a founder, who I'll call Mark, committed suicide. Mark had given up, was done, could not solve for anything anymore. His inner resources exhausted and spent, the range of problems he perceived were all massive, impossible. For Mark, the best option, in fact the only option was to end it all.
Mark was building a company that could have changed the way we design and develop medicine. To say that he was driven and passionate would be an understatement. He had raised money from some of the leading investors in Silicon Valley. As an investor in the company's seed round, I saw his fierce intensity up close.