Jim Ebbelaar explains why starting a business with ADHD is brutal: months of grinding with no validation, no proof it'll work. He calls the shift from that struggle to actual traction a tipping point, where your work suddenly compounds into expertise and a real product.
Starting with a new business can be so, so challenging, especially if you're someone with ADHD. Then at the beginning, you put in all those hours, all this work, and you have no idea if things are actually going to work out. And that's what I learned. It's like, basically, in the beginning when you start a business, there's no external validation at all. It's just you putting in the hours and you have no idea, is this going to actually work out? But then there comes like a tipping point because in the beginning you have to put in the most amount of effort for the least amount of results. But there's a tipping point, and at the tipping point you become an expert and you learn something and you actually have something to say. You have a product, and that is the point where you can start putting in less hours, less work, and gaining more results. But it can be really challenging to get to that point. Now, if you need help to actually reach a point like that, start defining your niche, build a business around your brain that actually fits as someone with ADHD, then check out the link in my bio to ADHD Harmony.
