Podcast: Nightmare Success, From Peak to Valley

Brent Cassity is a gifted storyteller who has a natural ability to capture the complexities of human experiences - I have great admiration and respect for his work (broadly, and also) with the Nightmare Success podcast.

That made Brent's podcast the perfect place to share my startup failure story in public for the first time.

I truly appreciate the opportunity to unpack the Benja story from day one, especially how easy it was to mistake momentum for success and how intoxicating startup culture can be.

Most importantly - as the point of sharing all of this is to help others learn from my mistakes - we discussed about my irrational confidence, the self-talk that justified cutting corners, and what it’s like to wake up one day and realize you’ve crossed a line you can’t uncross.

I hope people find value in this.

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