founder’s journal #2: the ideal founder - by Akwaaba Tung

This past week has been very tough for me emotionally and mentally. We said goodbye to 2 incredible teammates, both of whom I had the chance to work very closely with. I think their departure made me very sad. And per my last post, I briefly mentioned the emotional detachment I’m building while learning how to be a founder. as a founder, feeling good or bad doesn’t matter. you have to show up the next day, put in the work, and hope that the general trendline is upward. Hence, I think I’m developing this coping mechanism to suppress or detach every negative feeling I have while doing business. Fuong (my co-founder) called me “the avoidant type”. Maybe she’s right. I don’t wanna be hurt. I’m terrified of overcommitment while no one else is doing the same. That’s why I turned to the principles I learned from Economics: hard, cold rationality, driven by a simple, single desire for utility (in this case, profit) maximization. Decisions are made more easily if the only thing you care about i

This past week has been very tough for me emotionally and mentally. We said goodbye to 2 incredible teammates, both of whom I had the chance to work very closely with. I think their departure made me very sad. And per my last post, I briefly mentioned the emotional detachment I’m building while learning how to be a founder. as a founder, feeling good or bad doesn’t matter. you have to show up the next day, put in the work, and hope that the general trendline is upward. Hence, I think I’m developing this coping mechanism to suppress or detach every negative feeling I have while doing business.