The B Fcuk

So if the title has caught your attention enough, let’s get to the gory details. How many times have you thought of leaving your corporate job and then thought that “I possibly don’t have it in me” or “I wonder what it will be like”? Well if you are a mother and have a craving for a second/third or multiple children, let me help draw a parallel.

Starting your own venture is just like conceiving a child. You do fuck every possible opportunity (idea) in the hope to get that one possible semen (feasible idea) to impregnate you. You try taking it easy (sabbatical), counselling (talking to people), medical assistance (mentors).. everything which will help you conceive. For those of you who have had difficulty conceiving your child, trust me, this will be no different (yes, here too some people do get lucky). World of advice for and against, magic mantras, divine blessings..be prepared to walk the entire gamut.

Now that you finally succeed in conceiving, starts the fun part of it. Keeping the baby in your womb for 9 months which drains your body off (savings gone). You protect your baby with your life trying to do everything best that you can for its best possible growth in your womb. Your startup business will demand just about as much of drain on your mind and body. Regular tests (feasibility checks), medical assistance (incubators) and a lot of love and care (family support), helps. People will ask you every alternate day – what are you doing, when are you starting?? But just as a child was not born in a day – neither will your business be.

Gone through it, its time to share that little baby with the world. Your Idea is born, its alive, its breathing-growing daily. Taking tiny steps. You do lose sleep. You do wonder how to balance time; you do go crazy wondering what did you get into. And then at the end of the day you see something that you created and it all seems worth it.

Yes, just like your baby, your start-up will also grow, will keep getting attached to the world, will start drifting away from you. There will be influencers other than you.  And one fine day, you will need to learn the art of detachment. To give it wings to fly.

So if this has inspired you to think that instead of having one more baby, I could try doing this..great! let me just warn you again and again again..this is not going to be easy..and did I miss the first step – there was a lot of introspection before taking the decision to give birth to a child..