I’ve lost friends because they thought I was crazy to try to build my own company.
Huh? What kind of friend tosses you aside because you decide to start a company? That makes absolutely no sense. I'm trying to imagine this conversation:
You: I'm starting my own company!
Friend: I think that's a crazy idea. You'll probably fail.
You: I'm confident I can do it.
Friend: I disagree, and we're not friends any more.
If anything, friends usually way underestimate the difficulty of running a business and just throw platitudes at you like, "Do it! Follow your dreams! With passion you can't fail!"
Huh? What kind of friend tosses you aside because you decide to start a company? That makes absolutely no sense. I'm trying to imagine this conversation:
You: I'm starting my own company!
Friend: I think that's a crazy idea. You'll probably fail.
You: I'm confident I can do it.
Friend: I disagree, and we're not friends any more.
If anything, friends usually way underestimate the difficulty of running a business and just throw platitudes at you like, "Do it! Follow your dreams! With passion you can't fail!"