[angio]

A lot of people (esp people that performed extremely well in school and in corporate environment) find "failing" and "losing reputation" very stressful.

[FactKnower69]

I guess harden the fuck up?

[smeej]

Exactly. Or just don't do it.

I am sure enough that I would crumble under that specific kind of pressure that I don't put myself in situations where I would experience that specific kind of pressure. Works great!

[SOVIETIC-BOSS88]

Thank God someone said this. Of course it is stressfull, there is no free lunch. If you can't take the heat just dont enter into a such top-heavy game.

[interludead]

Many high performers have perfectionist tendencies

[sneak]

Landlords and supermarkets dgaf. There is no real risk, and if they stress over it, that’s more a founder’s own psychological failing than anything else.

If you care what other people think that much, you probably don’t have sufficient quantities of the oft-cited “grit” that founders supposedly require.

[zztop44]

I think if the idea of your company failing doesn’t cause you at least some stress then you probably shouldn’t be running a company?

[epolanski]

Maybe risky ventures aren't for them.