The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship

Tamara Dewi Gondo Soerijo
3 min readJul 12, 2020

“How is it going?” is the hardest question I have to answer nowadays, unsure whether I should spill about the incredible stress of running my business or to pretend all is fine.

Entrepreneurs have to keep this attitude of optimism for the future we are pursuing to create, yet wrestle with the burden of managing multiple expectations. On one hand, you get the over-glorified status of being an entrepreneur ( yes… things do go well here and there), on the other, you know you are not making the progress you expect you would.

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Tamara Dewi Gondo Soerijo

Tamara is CEO of Liberty Society. She loves to write on self-development and startup leadership. Her work immerses her deep in the NGO and social impact world.