Startup Psychosis: Why Entrepreneurs Suffer from Extensive Mental Illness.

Entrepreneurs Often Exhibit a Constellation of Psychological Disorders

I’ve coached and mentored hundreds of startups over the last 15 years and started a few of my own. One unavoidable truth is that every founder I’ve met — without exception — has a story of mental illness or other major psychological problem that has befallen them. I’ve started to refer to this constellation of issues as “Startup Psychosis.”