In recent days, I've been consumed by an intense reflection. Maybe this text won't bring practical answers, maybe it won't be useful in the way we so often expect things to be. But it is, without a doubt, true. And for that reason, I think it's worth sharing.
I've been thinking a lot about the deep connection between entrepreneurship and motherhood. Two choices that, at first glance, may seem distant. One linked to the world of business, spreadsheets, performance. The other, to care, creation, affection. But for me, these two journeys are intertwined in more ways than we're led to believe.
Building Sourcify, the company I'm creating now, happens at a very special moment in my life. Special because it's a milestone of autonomy, a project that's truly mine. And special also because it comes accompanied by intense emotional baggage, from other entrepreneurial paths already traveled.
This time is different. The initiative is mine. The idea is mine. The courage, too. And even surrounded by people who walk alongside me, the responsibility bears my name. That has a different weight. It's almost like giving birth to a new life.
Just like entrepreneurship, motherhood is about taking risks. It's about taking on responsibility for a life that's still being formed. It's about answering for decisions, consequences, successes and failures. And it's, above all, wishing that what you're helping to create flourishes in the world.
Entrepreneurship, like motherhood, has this bittersweet mix. The euphoria of creation and the exhaustion of responsibility. The pride of seeing something born from your hands and the constant fear that everything will go wrong. The freedom to create and the prison of bills to pay. It's an unstable but fascinating balance.
Motherhood, like entrepreneurship, can be deeply lonely. Even when you have a support network, even when there's a present and participating partner, there are aspects of this experience that are internal, silent and non-transferable.
What deeply connects these two experiences is the act of caring. Of wanting to build something that lasts, that is good, that has purpose. Whether it's a child or a business, you want what you're creating in the world to make sense. To survive. To thrive.
There's also an almost invisible but very present pressure that permeates both motherhood and entrepreneurship: that it needs to work out. As a mother, we feel we can't fail. As an entrepreneur, the same.
This reflection brought me once again to the idea of redefining success. Of stepping away from the external logic that measures, compares and demands, and entering a more internal, more honest logic. Success, for me, is being aligned with what I believe. It's not giving up my values.
But if you're also building a business. Or mothering. Or both. And you sometimes feel tired, lost, guilty for not being able to handle everything, know that you're not alone.
The journey is challenging, yes. But it's also profoundly transformative. It forces us to grow, to learn, to become braver versions of ourselves. It invites us to care. To love. To persist.