How to Have Hard Conversations With Co-Founders

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The first time co-founders have a hard conversation, it's an explosion. What advice would you give founders on how to deal with such conversations? "You have to learn how to pull your punches and have a disagreement," he says.

Y Combinator group partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell discuss the importance of having honest and difficult conversations with startup founders. While having hard conversations can be uncomfortable, Michael and Dalton argue that this transparency is essential for founders to grow and ultimately, these experiences help founders have their own hard conversations that they've been avoiding with the people around them.
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