ESeveringhaus

I’ve been a broke entrepreneur, successful entrepreneur, and everything in between. Now I help other entrepreneurs prepare for, and avoid, some of my pitfalls.

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

Scale Your Everest is NOW AVAILABLE! Give yourself the tools to develop the mental resilience needed to succeed in the pressure cooker that is...starting your own business. Find it on Amazon: https://t.co/g8S0TiZYIO

[Hank Couture @HankCouture]

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This is a love letter to the Midwest. Haters gonna hate. Lovers gonna love

Growing up on the East Coast, I never thought much of the Midwest. I first visited Chicago in the summer 10 years ago & was in awe. Idk if there is a city more vibrant than Chicago in the summertime

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@aaronwhoughton There's some axiom that as soon as a subjective measure starts being used externally, it loses value as a measure. It's so true.

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@galeforceVC @galeforceVC - had someone recommend to me that anytime I discuss founder suicide, I reference the help hotline, 988. Thought I'd pass that suggestion along.

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@LShookGuzman @galeforceVC +1 to the tools Laura references here. I reference these all the time for founders

[Jenny Guzmán @JennyGooz]

Thank you to @AldReilly for the commitment to a better Chicago for all. Great remarks tonight about the need to elect @EileenCookCnty for CCSA and important FACTS about why the transfer tax is not the right solution.

[Alex Friedman 🤠 @heyalexfriedman]

Idk who needs this but I’ve seen many startups fail because of founder burn out. I’ve never seen a startup fail because a founder took a couple of days off.

[Alex Friedman 🤠 @heyalexfriedman]

Just had a conversation with a founder about them shutting down their startup.

They said, “I thought I could handle it all, but it felt like when my personal life was great, the business wasn’t… And when the business was great, my personal life wasn’t.”

Mental health and finding balance is not an optional part of being a founder. Prioritize it.

[Grant Williams @ttmygh]

Superb!

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@steviemctweets A decent counter example is @aaronwhoughton. I mansplained my failure in a book called Scale Your Everest if you wanna really see a dude posting his L.

[Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin @jasonlk]

The #1 thing founders expect you to do is care

Maybe they don't always deserve it

But at least pretend

[Chicago Bars @chicagobars]

REMINDER: Don’t forget to refill your empty Blanton’s bottle with a value bourbon before any bourbon loving freeloader family members drop by Thursday.

[Brandon Anderson [email protected] @THBBrandon]

NGL I’ve been thinking about this meme all day 😂🤷🏾‍♂️

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@bluerssen I have lived this. Figured I'd be a pariah in Chicago after failure. A big part of why I wrote Scale Your Everest. @bluerssen - if I can be helpful to provide context to founder in question, pls don't hesitate to make an intro.

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@Chris_Deutsch I think most people define "angel" as an individual making their own investment decisions, regardless of investment stage. Just as VC funds invest at different stages based on risk tolerance and desired return, so do individuals.

More capital for innovation is a good thing.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

In my day, the AP history curriculum was full of right-wing nonsense but then a cool teacher would slip the good students a copy of “Lies My Teacher Told Me” or “A People’s History of the United States.”

[Dion Hinchcliffe @dhinchcliffe]

Great briefing from @AndrewWWolfe + @ESeveringhaus of @Bloomfilter1, a startup which does #processmining for software development.

They mine the #SDLC toolchain to bridge gap between product teams + business stakeholders.

Result: Transparency, predictability, and efficiency.

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@AmandaLannert Emphasis on nonsense

[Radigan Carter @radigancarter]

"Your brain doesn't want stuff, it doesn't even want new stuff, it wants to engage in the process and anticipation of getting new stuff"

https://t.co/DWLVF0rT59

[ESeveringhaus @ESeveringhaus]

@JasonIsbell Heard "if we were vampires" on 93xrt yesterday. Fitting tribute

[Picard Tips @PicardTips]

Picard management tip: Take your leisure time seriously. A relaxed captain is a sane captain.