Why this exists
Nobody talks about that part.
Everyone posts about funding rounds, product launches, team photos. Nobody posts about Sunday nights wondering if you're delusional. The fights with your partner about why you're doing this. The moment every other career choice looks sane and yours looks insane.
Tired of LinkedIn posts about "failing fast" like it's a game. Tired of success stories that skip the six months of existential dread. Tired of pretending building a startup is anything but brutally hard.
This is the unfiltered version. The stories that don't make the pitch deck or social media.
What we want
The stories you tell friends over drinks or never tell anyone, not investors over coffee. The time you almost quit. The mistake that nearly killed your company. The lucky break you're embarrassed to admit. The decision that felt impossible.
Real stories. Not inspiration porn.
What we don't want
What we don't publish:
- How you "disrupted" an industry
- "10 lessons learned" listicles
- Humble brags disguised as vulnerability
- Anything that sounds like a business book
- AI-generated startup wisdom
- Success stories that skip the actual struggle
We want the story that makes another founder think "holy shit, me too."
Share your story
Not because it's inspirational. Because it's true. Because another founder needs to know they're not the only one making it up as they go.
Email us what really happened. We'll publish it anonymously and send you a FoundersBoxx discount.
Every founder has a story worth telling. Not the LinkedIn version. The real one. The one that might help someone else feel less alone in this unreasonable thing we've all chosen.