Every Entrepreneur Thinks About Quitting

Name: Every Entrepreneur Thinks About Quitting
Uploaded: 2026-05-28T10:34:02+00:00
Duration: 14 s
Channel: Sergio Hicke
Description: In this brief dialogue, two speakers discuss the phenomenon the author calls the "founder's delusion," where entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed by external…

28 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief dialogue, two speakers discuss the phenomenon the author calls the "founder's delusion," where entrepreneurs feel overwhelmed by external setbacks—such as weather, health, or financial pressures—and contemplate abandoning their startup to return to the safety of corporate employment. The conversation contrasts the fixed, predictable salary of corporate life with the variable, effort‑driven returns of entrepreneurship, highlighting the psychological tension between seeking security and embracing the high‑risk, high‑reward nature of building a company.

There is something that is called the founder's delusion. You realize that everything is against you: the weather, your health, the finance of your startup, etc. And you feel that, no, okay, I should stop this, I should go back to the corporate, that it is more safe.
Wouldn't corporate life with a regular salary just be so much easier than what I'm doing? But then in corporate life, you put in, you get a fixed return. So if you put in 10 hours, 12 hours, or 20 hours in a day, you'll your salary is the same. In entrepreneurship, the amount of hours you put in will directly relate to what you get back.