Startups

The Quest for Mental Well-Being on the Entrepreneurial Journey

The Quest for Mental Well-Being on the Entrepreneurial Journey. Mental health is intertwined with entrepreneurship performance. Much entrepreneurship performance depends on cognitive resources and capability. One thing founders can implement immediately to improve their mental health is to leverage their social capital.

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Discover How to Leverage Social Capital for Startup Success

To truly leverage social capital for your startup’s success, you must know how to use it effectively. It takes a diverse, industry-embedded, and interconnected social network to launch and grow your new venture over time. If you invest time in building relationships, your social capital will develop and grow over time, but connecting with other professionals is only the first step.

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Here’s How to Build Your Startup’s Social Capital

Social capital does not emerge from a bulging Rolodex or countless connections on LinkedIn. People want to be around others who see them, appreciate them, and value their contributions. You need to make an effort to build genuine relations and enter relationships with no expectations or needs. People don’t want to be used. You can avoid making others feel used by approaching your social capital efforts with a long-term and strategic lens.

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Financial Capital Is Worthless without Human and Social Capital

Startups financed by venture capital are more likely to survive than those that do not. Those scientific findings are unsurprising. As the tired adage goes, “it takes money to make money.” There’s a catch, though: financial capital without human or social capital is worthless.