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Nawal

Entrepreneur | Build... • 4m

Startups Don’t Die on Day 0. They Die on Day 187. Everyone talks about Day 0. → The big idea. → The excitement. → The pitch deck rush. → The first “Let’s do this.” But nobody prepares you for Day 187. That weird, soul-crushing point when: → Your users drop off. → CAC is rising, MRR is flat. → Your team isn’t as motivated. → Your runway starts looking like a cliff. → And you’re asking yourself: “Did I mess this up?” Day 187 isn’t dramatic. There’s no dramatic music, no founder montage, no investor phone call. Just you… staring at a dashboard at 1:46 AM, wondering: Should I even keep going? And that’s the moment most startups actually die. Not because the idea was bad. Not because the market wasn’t big enough. Not because of competition. They die because the founder stopped believing. Here’s the truth nobody talks about: Startups aren’t built on ideas. They’re built on stamina. → Can you keep going when the hype dies? → Can you show up when nothing is working? → Can you take 3 rejections before breakfast and still pitch at lunch? That’s the actual founder test. Not just building MVPs. Not just raising rounds. But staying in the ring when the crowd leaves. Every legendary startup? It had a Day 187. → CRED almost shut down in year one. → Meesho pivoted three times. → KukuFM was rejected by nearly every VC. They didn’t survive because they were special. They survived because they refused to quit. So if you're in your Day 187 right now? → You're not lost. → You're not late. → You're not a failure. You're exactly where greatness begins. Keep going..

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