I’m ceo and cofounder of my startup. Currently going through techstars. The product is good, has really good traction, solving a big problem in an industry I don’t care about. I have deep passion for social issues and specially education.

The only thing that motivates ALOT me about my current company is that we can make a lot of money so I can just eventually leave and do something I’m passionate about with that money.

Am I doomed?

  • b00tstrapp3r@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Look at it from a different perspective. I’m the CEO and founder of a startup in an industry that I’m super passionate about, but I’m not in techstars, and I have a partner who has been funding the operation, but no real funding to really help me scale and/or pay my bills.

    I feel stuck, with no end in sight, hoping to get tons of users and hopefully get a big round of funding so I can get a salary, and hopefully exit.

    So just because you’re super passionate about something doesn’t mean it’s going to be great. I’m super passionate about my start up but without funding, it really doesn’t matter.

    Then in the past I’ve had some successful passion projects in different industries, but they didn’t make me rich. Just successful enough to move onto the next project.

    After this current startup either exits or closes shop, I plan on going back to that. Because that’s when I’m happiest.