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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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