Is it normal to be nervous while working at a startup? This is my third startup and a month in I’m finding myself a bit anxious. I was laid off after my last company was acquired, and this company is an entirely new role and industry for me that is not Saas. I don’t know our financials exactly but it seems like we are hemorrhaging money in several areas. My managing director has also been over several past startups that have ALL failed or filed bankruptcy. Am I paranoid or justified?

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probably justified, I've never and never will work for a startup for those and more reasons lol

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sure dm

Most startups fail

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I’m very aware of that, 60% in 3 years is the last stat I saw. We sell a very complex physical product and our user has changed at least 4 times since I’ve been here one month lol.

Justified. If they won’t share and most of leadership has not had a successful startup exit, it’ll be difficult to know what success looks like

Dig in, get a few quick wins, and maybe start looking for another job.

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Yeah it’s an interesting one, just attained a viable product deployment. I’ve heard/ seen way worse situations in the industry however but this role is so unique that there are virtually NO guidelines on how to be successful, so I’m writing the book from scratch.

Are you anxious because of the newness of the work or do you feel like there is anxiety in the air? If the latter, I would start applying for jobs again unfortunately.

Mostly the newness/ uncertainty of the work, my title isn’t what I like. I gave up product marketing which is a VERY good area in the tech industry for customer training/ learning and development. There’s general chaos but many employees have been there for 7 years + so I’m assuming things are okay?

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