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Scenario

How startup partners handle unexpected funding windfalls and worthiness

My co-founder and I won a startup competition with a $100,000 prize and we thought it would solve our funding problems but instead we're paralyzed because it feels too easy and we don't trust that we actually earned it.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Money that arrives without traditional struggle challenges people's beliefs about merit and can paradoxically create anxiety about deserving success.

Your guide for this
Zera
Zera works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The psychology of lottery and windfall?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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