Why 99% of Founders Are Building Their Own Funeral

The startup world is addicted to a very specific kind of lie. We celebrate the “hustle” and the “vision” while ignoring the graveyard of geniuses who did everything right and still went bust. Success is not a reward for your hard work. It is not a prize for your creativity. Success is the cold, hard result of surviving long enough to become indispensable.

If you are a founder or a solopreneur, you are currently in a race against your own ego. …