{"product_id":"the-resilient-founder-isbn-9781119839736","title":"The Resilient Founder","description":"\u003cb\u003eManaging your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs acclaimed investor and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz once stated, managing your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founder or CEO.  In \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs,\u003c\/i\u003e Mahendra Ramsinghani gathers insights from over a hundred founders to deliver an intuitive and insightful guide to understanding our psychology and navigating the psychological pressures of startup leadership. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVenture backed companies are expected to grow at high velocity, raise large amounts of capital, build teams effectively to achieve unicorn, no decacorn status. Yet the journey is long, filled with uncertainties, extremities and black swan events.  It can wear out the best and the brightest.  On the outside, a CEO can demonstrate sheer bravado, an invincible spirit as they behead dragons in the business battlefield. And on the inside, they deal with their dark side, subconscious struggles, emotional barriers, shame or guilt. The role of a founder can be lonely, frustrating and filled with high-highs and low-lows - all of this leading to anxiety, depression even suicide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the fundamentals of understanding our own inner workings and explores practical ways of overcoming our inner hurdles.  Filled with simple, yet concrete strategies, lessons and insights, founders and business leaders can work with stress, anxiety, and other mental challenges presented by the life of an entrepreneur. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, readers will learn to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand the basics of founder psychology, and how our inner workings can help or hurt us\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe importance of building a healthy ego, leading to resilience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraw on the lessons of established startup leaders on how to wrestle with their own mental and emotional challenges\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for founders, entrepreneurs and Chief Executive Officers, \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder\u003c\/i\u003e leads a gentle path to self-awareness, compassionate soul-care and inner wellbeing. Entrepreneur, Investor and author Brad Feld calls this book \"dynamite\".  Case studies, philosophical perspectives and a generous dose of poetry is sprinkled across this book, which can be a companion for all those misfits, rebels and the crazy ones. For all those perpetually hitched on the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurial journey, this book is first of a kind to delve into the dark side and present a balanced approach to building your inner core as you build your company.  This is no quick-fix guide, and we are perpetual work-in-progress. Today is Day One. Let us start the journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Cover xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note to Readers xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction-The Despondent Founder 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Running to a Standstill \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 When Suicide Seems Like a Good Option 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Stepping Back from the Edge 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 How External Events Trigger Negative Feelings 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Obstacles and Frustrations 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Understanding Our Psychology \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Building Our Psychological Quotient 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ethics 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Do the Right Thing 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ego – The Emperor and the Slave 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Working with Your Ego 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Hidden Land of Desires and Motivations 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Logos and the Mind 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Pathos: Belief Systems 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Putting It All Together 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Reassembling the Furniture \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Toward Building a Healthy Ego 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Psychotherapy: An Imperfect History of an Impossible Profession 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Fearing Our Own Selves … and Other Mental Blocks 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Stages of Therapy 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Challenges and Pitfalls in Therapy 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Medicating Our Way to Recovery 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV These Rituals Worked for Us \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 A Soul Made Cheerful 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Prescription 1 – An Organized Diminution of Work 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Prescription 2 – Get Out of Your Head 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Prescription 3 – Feeling, Not Thinking 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Prescription 4 – Spirit over Mind 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Prescription 5 – A Promise to Yourself 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Elements of a Good Life 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript: How to Care for the Broken and the Depressed 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix I: A Founder’s Mental Health Manifesto 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix II: Founders’ Voices and Anonymized Surveys 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Website 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAHENDRA RAMSINGHANI, B. Engg., MBA, \u003c\/b\u003eauthored this book as an empathetic attempt to support the wounded entrepreneur — the silent soldiers struggling on the startup battlefield, fending for themselves as they recover. In his fifteen years of investment experience, he has seen first-hand, the struggle with the siren call of startups. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Venture Capital\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley, 2021) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eStartup Boards\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley) with Brad Feld and Matt Blumberg. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMIT Technology Review, Forbes, and TechCrunch\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the founder of Secure Octane, a San Francisco–based venture fund and has advised sovereign and corporate venture funds in the United States as well as the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFounders, entrepreneurs and business leaders, especially those who shoulder responsibility for high-growth, fast-moving startups, often struggle with stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental challenges as they race to reach the promised unicorn land.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs, \u003c\/i\u003eveteran venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mahendra Ramsinghani delivers an eye-opening exploration of the relentless emotional pressure faced by startup founders and business leaders. The book draws on lessons in endurance from over one hundred company founders who share their own emotional difficulties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe art of building resilience starts with the basics of psychology, and the importance of developing a healthy ego. Be it the pandemic, competition, or cash flow, crises are bound to occur. Why do some founders react differently, while some succumb to pressure? What about therapy and medication? The book provides a simple and a holistic framework towards improving the well being of those under the gun at high-pressure startups. The postscript outlines how to support all those who suffer from depression as a result of their entrepreneurial PTSD. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with insights, tactics, solace, and guidance from those who have already endured the slings of startup life, \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder \u003c\/i\u003eis a first of a kind compassionate companion for empowering entrepreneurs. Because our society needs the innovators, the founders, the misfits, and the crazy ones to not just survive, but to thrive.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance praise for The Resilient Founder\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder\u003c\/i\u003e is the first step and essential guide in supporting founders through the dark nights of the startup journey. We understand valuations, cap tables, and exit multiples, yet we don’t fully understand the mysteries of our mind, how it builds its resilience muscle or why it breaks down. This book highlights the importance of protecting and strengthening our inner core.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—SCOTT KUPOR, Managing Partner, a16z and author of Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder\u003c\/i\u003e is an important work precisely because it speaks to the most taboo subjects in leadership: depression, burnout, and, heartbreakingly, suicide. Mahendra Ramsinghani, bravely, wisely, intensely leans into the subject seeking answers to what helps founders withstand the vicissitudes of the entrepreneurial life. Too often such topics aren’t discussed leaving those who struggle feeling bereft, broken, and alone. You are not alone and this book proves that. Every founder should read this book. Indeed, every founder and everyone who loves them.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e —JERRY COLONNA, author, Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As a 5X entrepreneur, and an investor in over a hundred startups, I know the founders journey pretty well. It has its highs. This book can help manage the lows. It doesn’t offer a quick fix silver bullet but starts with helping us understand our psychology. And explores pathways towards building resilience. We are all fragile. This book is the first step towards antifragile.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—JOSH LINKNER, author of two New York Times Best Selling books, Disciplined Dreaming and The Road to Reinvention.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this day and age of unicorns, beneath the surface founders are dealing with extreme challenges. 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