Like MOST entrepreneurs, I put “CEO” on my first business card. Also like most entrepreneurs, I once believed in The Tooth Fairy. In BOTH cases, it took YEARS to realize I WAS WRONG:Despite PUBLIC SUCCESS on the product/content/viral/brand side (“The Rejection Hotline” / HumorHotlines.com - entertaining MILLIONS of fans!), I was initially FAILING PRIVATELY on the “business” side. I had MINIMAL REVENUE and I was OVERWHELMED “wearing all the hats” as an INEXPERIENCED solo founder.Finally, I took a long look in the mirror and my reflection explained: “It’s ME. 👋 Hi. I’M the problem. It’s ME!” So I FIRED MYSELF AS CEO OF MY OWN COMPANY & brought in a partner with more experience + skills complementary to mine. Within 3 months we raised $1 MILLION in Funding; within a year we were a PROFITABLE 7-figure company – #BestDecisionEverMy #IamNOTaCEO epiphany was undoubtedly the catalyst for our success and it began my fascination (obsession?) with #SelfAwareness (or lack thereof!) and the MANY problems/pitfalls that MANY young entrepreneurs are OFTEN blind to (until YEARS LATER!), often evoking the all-too-common retrospective refrain: “I Wish I Knew THEN, What I Know NOW!”—> Fast-Forward (more years than I’ll admit) —> I don’t mean to be a “Negative Nancy” (I prefer “REALISTIC RICK”), but after analyzing *500 FAILED FOUNDERS, it is a dumbfounding reality that startups/founders fail today, not only at the same rates, but for many/most of the same collective reasons(!) as 5 yrs ago and 10 yrs ago and… *[500Failures.com for Top 10 #FrequentFounderFailureFactors]CoFounderator.com has some Innovative Improvement Initiatives… intended to address #StatusQuoBias (in Startup Communities and Early Entrepreneur Education) and be a game-changer for PRE-startup FUTURE Founders! ***DM or email CoFounderator@gmail.com to discuss!***P.S. More standard(-ish) bio:Jeff Goldblatt is an Atlanta-based Entrepreneur with 20 years experience in Startups of many shapes/sizes (VC-funded, Angel-funded, Bootstrapped… successes, failures, and that subjective gray area between) and he has now mentored/advised/coached 100s of Founders. He has an MBA from Emory University and is 3 credits short of a PhD from The Hogwarts School of Wizardry.As creator of the original "Rejection Hotline" (a satirical fake phone number service that went super-viral, led to 300+ other “Humor Hotlines” and evolved into a 7-figure viral content company engaging millions of fans), he became a nationally-recognized expert on VIRALITY (in Products, Content, Marketing, and… VIRAL THINKING?!?)