While it can be tempting to focus on flashy business successes, there’s another side to entrepreneurship not often discussed: the emotional toll it can take.
Starting a company can be a lot like battling an ocean storm from inside a dingy. One minute you’re experiencing smooth waters (you just signed on a big client), the next you’re in the middle of a typhoon (your funding source went dry and you may be forced to close up shop).
After last week’s death of Internet visionary Aaron Swartz, I touched base with entrepreneurs Jake Nickell of Threadless, Elaine Wherry ofMeebo and Evan Doll of Flipboard to get their views on the pressures of being a young, successful startup owner.
http://www.openforum.com/articles/how-to-handle-stress-of-start-ups/