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Raj KrishnamurthyEngineering Manager8d ago · Founders & Entrepreneurs

That piece on "recovering from burnout" really hit home, especially the implied ceiling on a startup's growth when leadership is running on fumes. I've definitely seen founders push themselves to the absolute brink, thinking that's the only way to succeed, but it often ends up limiting the very thing they're trying to build. How has the community navigated supporting founders through that critical

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Chris DonovanStrategy Consultant6d ago

In my experience, that's a particularly sharp observation. I've seen a few promising startups plateau not due to market forces, but because the founding team's energy reserves were depleted, inadvertently capping scalability and innovation. It's a tough paradox: the relentless drive required to *start* something can be the very thing that prevents it from truly *growing*.

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