I LOVED this interview, Andy! The venn of mental health and entrepreneurship is one of my favorite subjects and I love how you three addressed that the very impacts of coming from a trauma background and/or having mental health diagnoses can make someone an excellent entrepreneur (and yet unprocessed trauma can lead to risks in this role). I hope you'll keep this conversation going because it's sorely needed!
Fascinating, huh?! The dependent variable is "propensity for risk-taking" which is something that entrepreneurs demonstrate as risk-taking outliers. More risk = more potential for outsized returns. The same can be said for many startup employees. I was not a founder, but I was an early employee at 4 consecutive startups and a founding member of a venture capital firm. Although I did not start a company, I was involved very early in many of them since I also have a high propensity for risk-taking, which stems from my early childhood conditioning.
I LOVED this interview, Andy! The venn of mental health and entrepreneurship is one of my favorite subjects and I love how you three addressed that the very impacts of coming from a trauma background and/or having mental health diagnoses can make someone an excellent entrepreneur (and yet unprocessed trauma can lead to risks in this role). I hope you'll keep this conversation going because it's sorely needed!
This is really great. Thank you.
You bet, Mike!
“Prior research indicates that those most severely affected by mental health differences tend to get the best business results.” Whaaaat 🤯
Fascinating, huh?! The dependent variable is "propensity for risk-taking" which is something that entrepreneurs demonstrate as risk-taking outliers. More risk = more potential for outsized returns. The same can be said for many startup employees. I was not a founder, but I was an early employee at 4 consecutive startups and a founding member of a venture capital firm. Although I did not start a company, I was involved very early in many of them since I also have a high propensity for risk-taking, which stems from my early childhood conditioning.