Every founder faces this eventually. You spend every waking second just trying not to fail completely, so when it's actually working, you barely recognize it and don't know what to do with yourself. That's where Patrik Inzinger is. appointmed is calm and profitable at €2M ARR, ~1% churn, and a team of 8 that no longer needs him day to day. Which leaves: who am I, and what do I even want out of life?

Cohost Dr. Sherry Walling and I dig into that question — and discover it was never about a bigger revenue number. It's about being seen.

A candid working session including:
- comparing yourself to other people's headlines
- is a calm, profitable company "enough"
- why hypergrowth isn't fun, it's fulfilling
- the hunger to be recognized
- the failure story he's carried for 15 years
- choosing the right mirrors, ignoring the trolls
- separating the company's mission from your own
- the "what would have to be true" growth test

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STARRING PATRIK INZINGER
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WITH COHOST DR. SHERRY WALLING
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REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE
"Momentum without a mission" — Patrik Inzinger
"Mission, Vision, poTAYto, poTAHto"
"Max MRR: Your Growth Ceiling"

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