Opening up about the past few years

Cyrus David
Sep 8, 2018 · 2 min read

Back in September 2014, I quit my job to start my first company. What ensued was an exhilarating and humbling roller coaster of an experience — more on the specifics of that later.

But first, about this blog: it began as a private journaling exercise that a fellow first time founder had recommended. It helped me reflect on how I felt, what I learned, and what I’ll do differently next time around. I have always enjoyed writing, but this was the first time it’s been this impactful for me, personally.

Since I wasn’t always forthcoming about my experiences during the journey, I’m going to share what I’ve journaled about in a series of forthcoming short posts — so if we’ve lost touch or grown apart over the past few years, my hope is that this can serve as a starting point for reconnecting and picking up where we left off.

Most of my focus will be on the mistakes that I’ve made and what I’ve learned from them — I won’t get into specifics about the company’s journey, though I’m happy to expand on that separately (TLDR: it was acquired, but it largely failed).

Since taking a break from the craziness of doing a startup about a year ago, I’ve been running the product team at Arena, where predictive analytics, Enterprise B2B SaaS, and healthcare have each been new areas of growth for me. In a future post, I’ll expand on my personal struggle with transitioning from founder back to employee. But looking back, I couldn’t have asked for a better 2018 — a year of reflection and personal growth for me.

Below is a preview of the topics that I’ll post about, each being short enough to read in a few minutes. Keep an eye out for my first post about emotional highs and lows and I hope to be in touch soon!

Resurfacing

A collection of short posts about my first whirl as a startup founder.

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Resurfacing

A collection of short posts about my first whirl as a startup founder.

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