Everyone's obsessed with the startup lifestyle right now. "Be your own boss." "Build your own thing." All over social media. But nobody talks about what it's actually like. I've learned first hand. You're the first one to get hit when something breaks. Last one to get paid. Every problem is yours. Customer cancels? Your problem. Employee quits? Your problem. Something fails on a weekend? Guess who's fixing it. You never clock out. I've taken calls at 11pm from panicked employees. Fixed payment p
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