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## Segment 2 — tail2

## Article 118 — a118

# Mike McDerment

**Role in the source:** A *cited voice* (not an author). CEO of [[entity-freshbooks]], quoted in the *Borrow perspective* section to establish the origins of founder doubt.

**Profile:** Founder and long-time CEO of FreshBooks, a cloud accounting platform for small businesses. Frequently cited for reflections on founder burnout and loneliness in startup culture.

**Attributed contribution in this vault:**
- The quote [[quote-fatigue-and-loneliness]] — *“Doubt is born out of fatigue and loneliness, and there is a lot of both when you run a startup”* — which anchors [[concept-structural-loneliness]] by linking physical depletion and isolation as the twin origins of entrepreneurial doubt.

*Enrichment / canonical reference:* Canonical references include the FreshBooks leadership page and his LinkedIn. The specific quote is not independently in the enrichment search results but aligns with common founder narratives and is treated as source-attributed.