The original podcast for bootstrapped and mostly bootstrapped startups, this show follow the stories of founders as they start, acquire, and grow SaaS companies. Hear when they fail, struggle, succeed, and take you with them through the tumultuous life of a SaaS founder. If you like Mixergy, This Week in Startups, or SaaStr, you’ll enjoy Startup for the Rest of Us.
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Episode 554 | Thinking Through Your Exit + Grief and Entrepreneurship with Dr. Sherry Walling
In Episode 554, Rob Walling chats with Sherry Walling about grief as a part of entrepreneurship and how to get better at handling grief as an entrepreneur. They also discuss burnout and properly evaluating if it's the right time to sell a company.
The topics we cover[02:18] Grief is part of entrepreneurship
[05:12] Getting better at handling grief and loss
[06:07] Grief and selling a company
[09:01] The importance of symbols
[12:04] Evaluating reasons to sell a company
[16:37] The three components of burnout
[20:21] Changing your work schedule for summer
Links from the show- The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Sh*t Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting it Run You
- 18 Summers
- ZenFounder
- Sherry Walling
- Sherry Walling (@zenfounder) | Twitter
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