Method in Madness - Blaqq Qouphy
Blaqq Qouphy noticed he was exhibiting Founder Burnout by November 2025. He had been running AgroCenta for close to 10 years. Founder Burnout manifested as loss of joy, emotional numbness, fatigue and insomnia. By January, he needed pills to help him sleep at night. His blood pressure was hovering above the normal numbers.
The entire 2025 was a pressure-oven one because of intense fundraising activities from more than 8 investors. In one in-person meeting, Blaqq Qouphy blanked out and the meeting had to be postponed. He deleted the email app from his phone and only checked emails on his laptop. By 9pm his phone goes in sleep mode and all notifications are silenced. He started speaking to other founder friends, many of whom had insomnia and some had fatty liver issues. One consultant friend in Germany told him one founder he was advising took her own life due to business struggles.
Blaqq Qouphy decided to document his decade journey through vlogging, with "no hold backs" and "no romanticizing entrepreneurship". He calls it Blaqq Qouphy's "Method in Madness" and intends to do a 10 part series, having done 6 so far. He hopes more founders speak up and tell people about their struggles. He also said that "entrepreneurship is not a solution to unemployment; not everyone is mentally strong to survive in this space…"
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Blaqq Qouphy recounts battling Founder Burnout after a decade of running AgroCenta- a state of exhaustion from startup stresses. He hints at a drastic recovery process involving vlogging and speaking to fellow founders.
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