Startup stories in association with oh look dot in
A friend of mine who's got a good saying which is that
starting a company is like eating glass and then staring into the abyss
When you first start a company
There's lots of optimism
and things are great
and then so happiness at first is high, then you encounter all sorts of issues
and happiness will steadily decline
When my brother and I were starting our first company
Instead of getting an apartment, we just rented a small office and we slept on the couch
We had just one computer so the website was up during the day
And I was coding at night
seven days a week all the time
If you succeed and in most cases you will not succeed
and Tesla almost didn't succeed came very close to failure
I don't ever give up. I mean I'd have to be dead or completely incapacitated
If you're trying to do something new it's the best way to think
Now is the time to take risk
SpaceX has announced an ambitious plan  to send an unmanned capsule to Mars
Bringing the company's CEO Elon Musk one step closer to his dream of colonizing the Red Planet
Work hard like I mean every waking hour
That's the thing I would say if you're, particular if you're starting a company
And then just work like hell
I mean you just have to put in you know 80 hour
80 to 100 hour weeks every week
Other people are putting in 40-hour work weeks
and you're putting in 100 hour work weeks,
then even if
You're doing the same thing you know that in one year you will achieve in
Four months what it takes them a year to achieve
Whatever area that you get into
Given that you know even if you're the best the best there's always a chance of failure
So I think it's important that you really like whatever you're doing if you don't like it life is too short
You know I'd say
And also, if you like whatever you're doing you think about it even when you're not working. I mean
It'll just it's it's something that your mind is drawn to and and if you don't like it
You just really can't make it work. I think
If you succeed then after a long time you will finally get back to happiness
