My friend, the first few months are the easiest months - the ignorance is bliss months. Running a startup is enormous fun and an incredible learning experience.

My friend, the first few months are the easiest months - the ignorance is bliss months. Running a startup is enormous fun and an incredible learning experience. I have enumerated some of the stress inducing issues below. I do not mean to discourage, though everyone needs to know what they are getting into with eyes wide open, - Not having done enough research and received proper feedback before launch and the product not taking off. - Bending over backwards for major clients. - Feeling enormous responsibility to your investors to pay them back. - Making sure that you do not run out of money. - Responsibility to your employees that you do everything you can to make sure that you will be able to pay them, and that their efforts will prove fruitful. - Hiring the right people. - Firing the right people. - How you are taking a $60k/year salary, basically paycheck-to-paycheck and not being able to go to your closest friend's bachelor parties/weddings, and not being able to get your girlfriend a nice engagement ring or pay for a wedding.