The Startup Narrative

Aki Ranin
12 min readApr 4, 2019

As a startup founder, you have to go through a specific thought process in terms of why and how it makes sense to do startups, as opposed to just keeping or getting a real job. Many go through this thought process before they start their own business, but some only figure it out along the way.

It can be a source of empowerment or disillusionment. This is why entrepreneurs tend to self-select for specific personality types. If the truth is shown, you may not like it.

What I’ve realized is that this isn’t apparent to everyone. That there is some special narrative…

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Aki Ranin

Thinks about the future a lot. Founder of two startups. Lives in Singapore.