Startups and Mountaineering
Of Exploration,Grit,Passion,Struggle & Bliss
It has been a long time. A dream of a startup, leading to a journey, an exploration, a struggle — of creation and of pursuit.
Many ask me, but rarely can they connect with the last bit — the pursuit — ”Pursuit of what?” they ask. When I think harder myself, it is still fuzzy deep down, there isn’t a clear answer. But that is what makes it work I think.
“A must required trait for an entrepreneur: to be irrational — what else can explain the struggle for any pride, money or fame. #startups”
It is a madness towards creation, of impact or may be it is about perceived success in the society, the fame, the money or is it just about a way of life that you obsess with.
I often take the analogy of mountaineering with startups. There is show of skill, of grit, of stamina, of enjoying the journey and the determination to go through a lot of struggle to reach a point of exploration and then what ? There is bliss, a pursuit that you cannot explain.
