Analysis

February 26, 2025

More than half of founders experienced burnout last year

Startup founders tell Sifted they are 'exhausted', run down and lacking in hope


Credit: Zhu Liang, Unsplash

Startup founders are “exhausted”, run down and lacking in hope  — with more than half saying they have experienced burnout in the last year.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

Maya Dharampal-Hornby

Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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