Entrepreneur October 13, 2019
It’s time to talk about how they can be tough environments for founders and employees.
One in five American adults will experience mental illness in any given year, and for one in 25 — or 11.2 million Americans — that illness will be severe enough to interfere with their daily lives and relationships. Twenty percent is already a high number, but the nonprofit org Open Sourcing Mental Illness suggests that percentage is even higher among the tech-industry population.
It shouldn’t a surprise if you stop and think about it. We have all heard of founder’s blues, and many tech people work in startups, which demand long hours and are often less than stable. While new books like Unstoppable by Grasshopper...