“Being a 2nd time founder is basically figuring out how to leverage all your hype without believing it”
Joe Fernandez (Klout, Joymode, NewCo) On What Changes After Your First Company
4 min readNov 7, 2022
I’m currently obsessing on repeat founders, and what lessons they want to share with the startup community. Just like my earlier request of Sean Byrnes, it made sense to pub Joe Fernandez’s response in full (thanks Joe!). Joe is a good friend and someone I love working alongside (Homebrew invested in Joymode and his current…