The Myth of the 110% Entrepreneur

Joe Procopio
7 min readMay 20, 2019

Startup burnout is a real thing.

As the stigma traditionally associated with mental health issues melts away, we’re seeing a lot more entrepreneurs and startup employees raise their hands when the stress levels get too high.

This is, by all accounts, a welcome trend, because we’ve also seen a lot of those same folks push themselves past the point of no return, oftentimes with…

Joe Procopio

Multi-exit, multi-failure entrepreneur. NLG pioneer & eService expert. Building TeachingStartup.com & GetSpiffy.com. Uncommon founder. More at joeprocopio.com