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Originally Posted by pirilin
Am I the only one with bipolar that has had businesses all his life?.
I build 'em, get bored with 'em and bust 'em.
The challenge and the struggle are gone by year three. No more thrills.
The money starts seriously rolling and I change my last name to Rockefeller.
Two years later, broke again. Time to start all over again. 
Only this time there will not be a next time.  |
Especially the three-year duration of enough "focus"/stimulation is something that sounds very familiar.
A good working hypothesis is that you are indeed BP, I'd say.
But I'm no doctor... 
All pussycats are beautiful, the bastards.
I get depressed or manic after 2.5 years, without exception, except for my current business, of which the planning has taking me many, many, many years, to be absolutely 100% sure that I could do this, in different stages of about three years, broadening the market I operate in (slightly or boldly/disruptively) at every stage, thoroughly planned/envisioned. That's not very difficult given the market I operate in, Internet services.
You must've become better at it each time, right? Anything you've done to keep you grounded enough? Anything to maintain enough freedom? Did you plan a new business venture carefully or did you just moved ahead as soon as you saw an opportunity?
What markets did your businesses operate in?