A founder recalls a friend suggesting he sell his business for zero to save his mental health. He dismisses it but uses the moment to expose how little entrepreneurs talk about the psychological toll of running a company alone, and how many suffer in silence without peer support.
And he's like, zero. You could sell it for zero and I'd be happy. He's like, because it's not worth your mental health. And you know, and that's when you know you found a great partner, of course. And, and then I was like, you're outta your mind. Like, I'm never gonna give it away. But, but, you know, it was, it, he obviously saw the, the toll that the business had on, you know, my mental health in general. And I, I don't think we talk about that enough in the industry and in small business as a whole, how difficult it is and how lonely it feels too. I didn't have a, business partner, so I was making decisions on my own. And thankfully I have a great, you know, friend circle that is in the business and that's super helpful. But there are a lot of people who don't.
