Young Founders Vol.I: Avoiding the Pitfalls of an Early Stage Startup

Tamara Dewi Gondo Soerijo

5 min readNov 22, 2020

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Seo Dal-Mi, CEO of Samsan Tech, Startup, Netflix

If you watch the Netflix series, Startup, you get a glimpse of what it takes to build a startup. You begin to understand the challenges of growing a startup.

The challenges of starting versus sustaining your startup 1–2 years down the line are different. Your ambitious idea, networking ability, and persuasion to change the world will no longer…

Tamara Dewi Gondo Soerijo

Written by 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.

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