Did you know your startup reveals your attachment style? In this episode, I break down how founder psychology and attachment theory explain micromanaging, ghosting investors, burnout, and team conflict.

This isn’t therapy (though you might feel called out). It’s a founder’s guide to building healthier leadership, stronger resilience, and better startups by understanding your own patterns.

Because startup leadership starts long before the pitch deck - it starts with who you are.

Ever feel like your startup is you? When metrics = your mood and fundraising feels like a swipe on your self-worth, you’re deep in founder identity fusion. In this episode, I share why it’s risky and how to step back before burnout takes over.

Sarah Massey said it best: “My startup might fail, but I’ll be okay. I am not my company.”

👉🏻 Watch our conversation here

Sarah Massey doesn’t do boring. She’s built media companies, queer-safe tech platforms, and helped visionaries launch businesses with meaning, all while staying true to joy, purpose, and radical self-trust.

In this episode, we talk about pivoting like there's no tomorrow, building in punk mode, and what it really means to queerify your business (and possibly life). There’s drag, and there’s disruption, and there’s a reminder that your startup doesn’t need to look like anyone else’s.

💌 Sarah Massey (she/her) is a serial entrepreneur on a mission to spread queer joy.Massey Media works with social change organisations on their marketing and helps small businesses to launch and grow.Get in touch: sarah@sarahmassey.com

🎧 Hit play if you're into business that breaks the rules, in the best way of course.