The Highs and Lows of Being an Entrepreneur

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i'm very lucky that in the two decades since i was originally diagnosed, we've gotten a lot better at that. It's easy to explain away the moodswings you might experience as a person with biple or disorder if you're also a onch peneur. When there's something else that you need to be dealing with as well that is contributing or amplifying those highs and lowsen. And that i wasn't doing until i got this wake up call in tw 16.

From the outside, it seemed like Andy Dunn was living the dream. His menswear company, Bonobos, was acquired by Walmart for $310 million in 2017 — the same year he married the love of his life, Manuela. Of course, Andy’s entrepreneurial journey wasn’t without its challenges. Under the surface were much darker struggles that he largely kept hidden…

This week on How I Built This Lab, Andy returns to the show to talk to Guy about his new book, Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind. In this radically honest memoir, Andy finally opens up about the struggle with bipolar disorder that nearly cost him everything.

Check out Andy’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Burn-Rate-Launching-Startup-Losing/dp/0593238265

Listen to Andy’s How I Built This interview from 2019: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/686640146/bonobos-andy-dunn

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