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Co-founder breakups. Pulled term sheets. Universities stealing IP. The parts that never make it to LinkedIn, until now. The raw, unfiltered reality of the journey from 0 to a million ARR, what it takes, and what founders actually did to succeed. We asked founders what resource they needed most. Today we're launching it: “Been There, Done That”, EWOR's new podcast series dedicated to sharing raw, unfiltered founder stories. Not success stories told from a comfortable 15-year distance. Not "10 lessons from scaling to $100M" from someone who forgot what the messy middle felt like. What founders wanted were honest conversations from people still in it – the hard calls, the failures, the moments that shape companies but rarely see daylight. The first episodes feature a rocket scientist who had a mental breakdown after SpaceX and EWOR rejected him twice, a physicist whose university role models tried to steal his invention, and a founder who had five minutes to go from being emotionally crushed to pitching a famous investor. These are the kinds of conversations that typically only happen behind closed doors, between EWOR Fellows and their coaches. Now they're out in the open for everyone. We hope these stories make your company harder to kill. All three episodes are live now. Link in comments. #EWOR #BeenThereDoneThat #startups #entrepreneurship #founders

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