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Athletes and musicians aren’t the only people who need to worry about the dreaded ‘sophomore slump.’ Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake says it applies to entrepreneurship as well, and that it’s a risk every entrepreneur faces after a successful exit. “You have to be aware of it and you have to not be afraid to fail. You end up having all of these interviews with reporters who are crediting the reason you’re getting all this attention not to what you’re currently working on, but for the past success,” she says.