{"product_id":"in-the-margins-reflections-of-a-founder","title":"in the margins: reflections of a founder","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLooking at the world through the eyes of a founder is not only enlightening, it is delightfully refreshing. You're going to enjoy this book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Geoffrey Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you have ever fired someone you cared about, lain awake at 3 a.m. doing the math on your runway, told your loved ones \"this will be the year\" for the third time — this book is for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBuilding a company is a profound, absurd, and beautiful affliction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Margins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is what it feels like from the inside.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA taste:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe diagnosis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe test results\u003cbr\u003ecame back\u003cbr\u003epositive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efounder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eincurable\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003etreatable\u003cbr\u003ebut you will not\u003cbr\u003etake the treatment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrad Feld (Foundry, Techstars) responded with one of his own:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003estartup poetry\u003cbr\u003eplaying with the real hard stuff\u003cbr\u003efacing reality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the Margins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection of 200 compressed reflections written across more than two decades of building. Drawing from the language of science, code, philosophy, and family, these pieces map the emotional terrain of making something from nothing — where escape velocity is the only speed at which you survive, gradient descent is finding product-market fit, and the cost is measured not in dollars but in the parts of yourself you do not get back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers of Ben Horowitz, Paul Graham, and Phil Knight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough seven sections, the full arc:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe blank pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — beginning\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe rough drafts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — building\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe red ink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — cost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe footnotes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — family\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe whitespace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — philosophy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe final proof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — legacy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe exit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the bow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSean was my student. Now he is a teacher helping founders understand how their feelings will evolve during the entrepreneurial journey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Irv Grousbeck (co-founder, Continental Cablevision; co-owner, Boston Celtics)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSean names the emotional reality that most leaders are too afraid to voice. In the Margins is vulnerable, honest, and exactly the kind of book that makes people feel less alone in their hardest moments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Keith Ferrazzi (#1 NYT bestselling author of Never Eat Alone)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe most effective founders are the most self-aware, and Sean's reflections are a masterclass in that awareness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Carole Robin (creator of Touchy Feely at Stanford GSB)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFounders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — who need to know they are not alone in what they're feeling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVCs and investors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — buy a case. Give one to every founder in your portfolio. It says \"I see you\" better than any check.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpouses and families\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — who love a builder and want a window into their world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnyone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — who has poured themselves into something that didn't exist before — and wondered if it was worth it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA note from the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: \"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI wrote this in the year AI got good enough to write it for me. Then I deleted what the machine wrote...You can outsource the output. You cannot outsource the having of an inner voice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSean K. Mehra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a founder, inventor, and executive at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and human experience — a scientist by training, an engineer by trade, a designer by hobby. He holds multiple patents, an MBA from Stanford, and a BS with Distinction in Biomedical Engineering from Yale. He wrote this book in the margins of his founder life — dictated into his phone while his daughter slept on his chest, drafted on airplanes, refined in the quiet after bedtime stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the book founders give each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e200 reflections. 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