Founders shouldn't have to choose between mental health and grit

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🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This week, Natasha spoke with a founder, a psychiatrist and a venture capitalist about founder mental health, a topic that has been a conversation in Silicon Valley for as long as we can remember. The theme has gained renewed momentum due to the startup and venture downturn in general, and exacerbated by a bank failure that still has some folks reeling. It's time for a check-in. Here's who we spoke with for today's show: Pioneer Mind's Naveed Lalani gave us the founder perspective on how to "hustle responsibly" with The Founder Mental Health Pledge, a call to action for investors to support founders in looking at their mental health as a business priority Psychiatrist Dr. Saumya Dave reminded us of the differences between - but also overlap of - therapy, executive coaching and group sessions Graham & Walker's Leslie Feinzaig helped us close out the show with the VC perspective and her own tools for wellness This is, of course, a conversation we want to continue. If you have a story you want to share, or if there's an angle that you think we missed when it comes to talking about mental health in the entrepreneurial world, you can email us at equitypod@techcrunch.com. As always, Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann will be back for our weekly news roundup on Friday, but follow us on Twitter @EquityPod for live updates and more! For episode transcripts and more, head to Equity’s Simplecast website. Equity drops at 7:00 a.m. PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, so subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotifyand all the casts. TechCrunch also has a great show on crypto, a show that interviews founders, one that details how our stories come together and more! Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:16.1	Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
0:18.3	I'm Natasha Masqueriness and this is our Wednesday show where today we're ning down to a group of experts thinking
0:23.7	about their work and unpacking the rest. Today we're talking about founder mental
0:28.0	health which has been a conversation in Silicon Valley for as long as I can remember
0:31.3	but it has gained some renewed momentum due to the downturn at large and also a bank
0:36.4	crash that still has a lot of people reeling. So it feels like time for a check-in.
0:40.7	Today we're talking to a founder, a psychiatrist, and a venture capitalist
0:44.1	about how founders should be thinking about their mental health and how maybe
0:47.1	they shouldn't be thinking about it. So before we jump into our first interview I
0:51.0	do want to give a trigger warning for a conversation
0:53.7	today because we do talk about sensitive topics including suicide prevention but
0:58.2	for those of you who are joining us let's jump into our first interview which is
1:01.7	with Navid Lulani the founder and CEO of Pioneer Mind.
1:07.3	Our first expert, Navid Lallani, the CEO of Pioneer Mind and the creator of a pledge to get people talking about the
1:15.6	founder's mental health crisis in response to SBB. Navid welcome to equity.
1:20.3	Thank you Natasha, glad to be here.
1:21.8	I am so glad to talk to you and move our conversation from DMs and Twitter to email.
1:27.1	Let's start Navee with a little background on yourself so people understand why your reaction
1:31.0	to the SBB crisis was was let me talk about mental health
1:34.0	absolutely yes so I have a company called Pioneer Mind we're creating a mental
1:37.7	fitness platform for startup founders it was actually incubated by
1:40.6	SBB and yeah which is very interesting.
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