Entrepreneurship is all about overcoming. You re overcoming the adversity of starting a business and creating something from nothing. If you can t overcome yourself it s like what the hell are you doing?
— Patrick Campbell, 27, founder of Price Intelligently, which helps developers figure out what price to set for their apps. The Atlantic writes about the problem of depression in the high-pressure, no-sleep, can-be-lonely tech industry, and finds that what Campbell and others see as a taboo subject is starting to get some attention. The article mentions Y Combinator President Sam Altman s blog post a couple of months ago, which encouraged startup founders to talk to others: For whatever it s worth, you re not alone, and you shouldn t be ashamed. And there s a forum called Startups Anonymous, which bills itself as kinda like AA for startups.
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