What was the hardest stretch in the early days?
Replied byAlice Bentinck
Co-founder and CEO, Entrepreneurs First at Entrepreneurs First
Niche: Technology, Finance, Edu
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or
For the first four years, we didn’t know if we were wasting our time. We were working insanely hard, but we had no business model and no clear path to making money. It creates this existential dread where you feel hyper ambitious, but you don’t know if the thing you’re building will work.
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