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Asshole or Visionary? Navigating the Founder Mentality

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Tomas Heligr-Pyke
Jul 01, 2025
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AITA - Am I The Asshole?

Being a startup founder can feel like living on a roller coaster of passion, pressure, and pivoting. I've experienced exhilarating highs - turning a one-man web dev shop into a software consultancy grossing a third of a million per year in five years - and crushing lows, like watching a six-figure contract evaporate overnight. Th…

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