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Feel free to go through the slides here.\nBeing a founder is\nextremely beautiful and extremely hard.\nThe closest experience is becoming a parent. We can talk about it but we don’t understand until we become. Many parents would come and say when I see my daughter smile I forget everything else. That’s the same feeling.\nIt becomes easier if there’s compassion and care for your end consumers. Only then I get the strength to deal with near-death experiences of a startup.\nAnd trust me the other side is beautiful enouto make it all worth it","color":"#2d2c2b","edge":"#060503","tone":"dark","lqip":"data:image/webp;base64,UklGRpQAAABXRUJQVlA4IIgAAACwAwCdASoOABgAPt1cp0yopSOiMAgBEBuJZwAAW8vHI2fypBQgAAD+7SuBxyHLG7F8Xy075J+3atVvQi4e9nN2cIFQ3hMQ032FiM/ZXcrEVkR6bAL+z4LgddRaIRWNMFkQMd2GeMAV53O/r+BH4uJQKj3esgRUDeDCnM78h09lykGCtXEP4AAA"},"fit":"cover","motion":"kenburns","caption":"I gave multiple talks on just this topic. 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