I keep asking founders who come to pitch for intros and funding why they are building this. On a few occasions, people walk away being angry. It comes as a rude shock to them.
Our media and glorification surrounding startups have made entrepreneurship some fashion parade. As a result, many of us are not in it for real but for glory. As a result, the entire ecosystem suffers, mass firing says the story. Companies are making no revenue, founders in all glitters, and mic sharing through leadership. Now the cash crunch has made them all naked. It happens when you are building without believing but for something else.
Building anything fruitful takes time, and as a founder, you have to believe in the problem and live through it till eternity. You cannot hire someone living your life and journey. Most importantly, what you believe has to be channelized like wildfire across the organization.