After speaking with a few founders that would sit down with me, I always found one thing consistent amongst all of them. They worked their butts off in the early days when they had nothing — no team, no money, and no leverage.

Entrepreneurs don’t seem to work the 40-hour work week (especially in the early days). Their companies are their babies, and babies require 24/7 nurturing until they’re out of the fragility stage.

Like parents, they’ll work on weekends, the 9 to 5, and the 5 to 9 in a never-ending cycle of putting out fires. The successful ones are the ones who can put out the fires consistently.

Entrepreneurship is a path less traveled because it’s not easy (despite what all the TikTokers tell you).

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