{"id":10420,"date":"2006-08-24T17:09:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T14:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/24\/startups-are-hard\/"},"modified":"2006-08-24T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2006-08-24T14:09:17","slug":"startups-are-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/24\/startups-are-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups are hard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is no doubt about it. Startups are hard. You have to do everything — and I mean everything — yourself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Greg Linden lists a bunch of things<\/a> you are very likely to do yourself in a startup. Check it out and think again.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

There is no doubt about it. Startups are hard. You have to do everything — and I mean everything — yourself. Greg Linden lists a bunch of things you are very likely to do yourself in a startup. 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