Even though I’ve been a business owner for over a decade, I somewhat mistakenly thought that heading up your own company is a fairly solid emotional journey. Our first business has enjoyed consistent year-on-year growth since its inception, steadily increasing staffing levels, volume and pricing. This has increased profits. Having self-funded, we had been in a blissful bubble of steady success as the years went by. We have enjoyed the rare phenomenon of complete autonomy. Living the dream. You can imagine my shock and horror when I decided to embark upon starting a deep-tech company from scratch, where so much…