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The Best Startup Advice You’ll Ever Hear (And Why You’ll Probably Ignore It) with Jonathan Bush
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💡 “Give up right before you drown—but only after you’ve had Wim Hof training.” 💡
Jonathan Bush, co-founder of Athena Health and now Zus Health, has seen it all—building a billion-dollar company, taking it public, getting fired, and now starting again from scratch.
In this raw and unfiltered conversation, Jonathan shares:
🚀 The brutal truth about being a founder (and why most people shouldn’t do it)
🛑 How to know when to quit—and when to suffer through the hard part
⚡ The MacGyver vs. The Wolf framework for hiring the right early employees
💰 Why most startups don’t actually fail on the idea—but on execution
🔥 What he learned from getting fired from the company he built from the ground upIf you’re a founder, investor, or just someone trying to survive the chaos of building something from nothing, this is the episode you need to hear.
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