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How can startups practically fight back "Frustration" and "Procrastination"? Startup entrepreneurs sometimes become an easy short-range target for frustration behind not seeing their ventures either moving quickly enough or receiving the adequate attention/recognition or enjoying a suitable capital. I think one sometimes becomes his own most fierce enemy if surrenders to frustration and hopelessness! |
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Frustration, failure & conflict should be a driving force forward as an entrepreneur. Failure gives me strength, frustration and pain give me motivation. Example, I was attacked during 9/11 in a racially motivated incident by 4 college kids in the USA while I was in school. Decided to use my frustration and pain to make me stronger. So I went to talk to school kids about Arab culture in an attempt to promote cultural tolerance. One of the kids asked me a question, and as a result I founded my company Aranim (www.aranim.com). Today Aranim is the biggest publisher of comics in the Arab world. It took me 3 years. Last wek we hit 1 million comics published in Jordan alone. Earlier that week someone attacked with a razor and hit me in the face because of the comics. I am scared for life, frustrated. I have decided to deal with it by creating my first social non profit. I will be damned if i let that scar tell a bad story. I decide what story that scar will tell. As an entrepreneur you cannot let frustration and failure stop you. Everybody fails, everybody gets frustrated. It is ok. What is not ok, is for you not stand up when you fall down. When you cannot change a situation or a circumstance. You must find the courage in you to change yourself. As a wise man once said: “What is to give light must endure burning.” |
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That's definitely a major issue when you're an entrepreneur with a new startup but basically everything takes its time. For me I didn't care about the financial outcome of my venture as much as I'm taking care of building the company in the right way. By the end of the day, you need to work hard to deliver quality work and if you're doing it right absolutely you're getting what you want in return. You need to be patient, face your obstacles with a strong heart and to be a wise risk taker. Good luck! |
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Procrastination is a real killer. No way around it. I am not lucky enough to have it easy. When you are procrastinating, remember why you are doing whatever it is you do. That usually does it for me. There is a great saying by Mohammad Ali: I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." |
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"Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe" - Sumner Redstone |
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I think the most important thing is to get ramen profitable. When there is enough money to feed and host the founders, also run the startup servers; I think founders can fight any kind of frustration. At least, in the short term, they are secure. If they are running out of money, frustration begin. Without money, they can't pay their rent, server costs, hardware costs... they can't survive. Doing consulting and freelancing in the side to support their startup is more of a terrible idea. So to avoid frustration: Work the minimum that makes you able to get ramen profitable, then scale at your own natural pace. |
