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Founders, entrepreneurs and business leaders, especially those who shoulder responsibility for high-growth, fast-moving startups, often struggle with stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental challenges as they race to reach the promised unicorn land. In The Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs, veteran venture capitalist and entrepreneur Mahendra Ramsinghani delivers an eye-opening exploration of the relentless emotional pressure faced by startup founders and business leaders. The book draws on lessons in endurance from over one hundred company founders who share their own emotional difficulties. The art of building resilience starts with the basics of psychology, and the importance of developing a healthy ego. Be it the pandemic, competition, or cash flow, crises are bound to occur. Why do some founders react differently, while some succumb to pressure? What about therapy and medication? The book provides a simple and a holistic framework towards improving the well being of those under the gun at high-pressure startups. The postscript outlines how to support all those who suffer from depression as a result of their entrepreneurial PTSD. Filled with insights, tactics, solace, and guidance from those who have already endured the slings of startup life, The Resilient Founder is a first of a kind compassionate companion for empowering entrepreneurs. Because our society needs the innovators, the founders, the misfits, and the crazy ones to not just survive, but to thrive.