Some people widen their eyes when they hear about the existential loneliness of entrepreneurs. “What do you mean? It’s not like they’re stuck on a desert island. Let them talk to someone. Hear some advice. They’ve got spouses, friends, parents — even business partners, don’t they?”
How naive. Do you really think they haven’t tried?
Believe me, they’ve tried to share their pain with everyone. Over and over. But eventually, they stop. People just don’t hear them — for one reason or another:
Some are just exhausted — too many letdowns, for too many years.
Others don’t know enough about business to offer anything useful.
Some can't just sit in silence — they lack that kind of wisdom.
And others have too many problems of their own to take on someone else’s.
Even in professional circles, real help is rare:
A top manager sees only part of the picture — and chases his own goals.
A consultant knows business, not much else.
A therapist doesn’t get the intricacies and context of business.
A business club? Too risky to reveal the skeletons in the closet.
The founder is left alone with Chaos — fight or die.
If you give up, you’re a failure and a traitor — the one who let everyone down: your family, team, clients, investors, and even the strangers who projected their secret desire for success onto you.
Worse yet, you’ll know you missed a rare opportunity. That you failed to realize the massive potential that once shone in your hands. You were just this close. What was missing? Time? Money? Luck?
No. That’s all secondary.
The worst part is knowing that EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED WAS ALREADY INSIDE YOU.
The only thing missing was the “alchemical vessel" to turn your implicit knowledge into explicit form.
Transformation happens at a special time, in a special place.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
About me:
As a business therapist, I help tech founders quickly solve dilemmas at the intersection of business and personality, and boost company value as a result.
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