From crying alone in Bangalore to panic attacks at Gamescom, this is a brutally real look at what it actually costs to chase a vision.
Mishka Katkoff (Deconstructor of Fun) and Joseph Kim (Lila Games) reunite for the rawest, most honest founder-to-founder conversation you’ll hear this year. They dive deep into the sacrifices, suffering, and stress of building companies from scratch, away from the LinkedIn highlight reels.
5:00 – Suffering vs. Sacrifice: Is Work Just Avoidance?
10:45 – Why Founders Trade Family for Vision
15:30 – Would You Let Your Kids Follow Your Path?
20:00 – Lessons from Building (and Breaking) a Startup
27:30 – The #1 Mistake Founders Make: The Team
31:50 – Fractional Work, Focus, and Saying No
36:30 – Redefining Success Without Losing Yourself
41:00 – What a Billion-Dollar Exit Really Means
47:15 – How We’ll Judge Ourselves on Our Deathbeds
52:00 – Life in Phases: When to Grind, When to Let Go
56:00 – AI, Ambition, and the New Have vs. Have-Nots
1:02:00 – The Hidden Cost: Panic Attacks, Crying, and Total Burnout
1:12:00 – What’s Next for Mishka and Joe
