From celebrated startup success to complete social isolation and shame

That's a great question, and I I I can emphatically say no.

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continue? Did you manage to keep any any balance in your life? Did you have a partner, a friend, social life? That's a great question, and I I I can emphatically say no.

My life literally stopped. For the next three, four years, I wasn't able to socialize. I was feeling this shame because we were very notable, a very visible success story. And suddenly, we were being shown as an example of failure. So it was quite difficult, and, personally, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't enjoy social interactions. I couldn't have personal life because I wasn't ready psychologically

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Managing Partner Apostolos Apostolakis reveals how his startup's public failure devastated his personal life for years. He describes the psychological toll of going from a visible success story to an example of failure, leading to complete social withdrawal and inability to maintain relationships.

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Raw, vulnerable confession about the hidden psychological costs of public startup failure that most founders never openly discuss.

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