If you run a startup, you know what it takes.

Sweat, tears, sleepless nights, cups of Ramen noodles, and the occasional crashout.

Sometimes it gets so tough you wonder how you’ll make it through the week. But seasoned founders know how to cope. Their secret? Laughter.

For all the founders out there questioning if you’ve made the right decision leaving your cushy job – you’re not alone.

Here are some memes to remind you how great starting a company really is.

Fail Fast is a well known concept in business. Experienced founders know how to fail FASTER and more efficiently.

Did your pre-revenue startup spend $4,000 on a massage chair? Well you can’t put a price on productivity.

Own it. Be proud of it.

If you’re lucky enough to even make it to day 120, congratulations.

At some rate you’re going to need to explain where the money’s going. So just bite the bullet, fire up Claude, and generate some data for a spreadsheet. Doesn’t need to be accurate, but SOMETHING is better than nothing.

Are you fundraising? Do you love canned responses? You better love hearing “let me know how I can be helpful.”

The most important thing is you have a customer. Wether or not they are happy is a whole other story.

Is this what fundraising feels like? Founders – you don’t want to look like you’re approaching VCs for a handout.

Speaking of investors, have you ever had a VC switch up terms on you? It’s exhilarating.

Who remembers Q3 2021? Tech stocks were inflated and it was raining term sheets. Global pandemic notwithstanding, it was a vibe.

Laugh all you want but this is sound advice.

Look, you need to be comfortable explaining your burn rate. Don’t deflect, cover up, or hide anything. And if you need help reporting metrics, check out this post.

If you can relate to this, it may be time to find some new investors.

This team is making President’s Club, crushing quota, and breaking ARR records. Just wait until they hire a RevOps leader. Speaking of, here are our all time favorite sales memes.

Woah woah… what part of “pre-revenue” wasn’t clear? It’s on our LinkedIn, ffs.

Hopefully these memes make their way into your collection.

This is an accurate depiction. Even successful companies aren’t quite sure what is happening.

Yeah memes are fun but we get it. It’s tough out there for startup founders. Product, sales, support, fundraising – all of it is on you, all the time.

But you gotta remember to laugh once in a while – otherwise you might cry.

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