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This article is part of DBA, a series on Mashable about running a business that features insights from leaders in entrepreneurship, venture capital and management.

An angel investor once advised me, “If you aren’t uncomfortable, you’re not doing it right.”

Over the last eight years of running my business, I’ve found myself in plenty of hairy, sudden-death predicaments. I’ve learned that when you’re working hard to make a big impact on the world, it’s perfectly natural — in fact, it’s almost a prerequisite — to occasionally feel like everything will come crashing down.

As a startup founder, you’re balancing on a highwire. You challenge well-funded, dominant competitors; you recruit the best and brightest, who have no shortage of other attractive options; you boldly launch new products, never really knowing if they’ll flop. Read more…

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