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At YC, we often have to have challenging conversations with founders when giving them advice. A hard conversation is when the stakes are high and you're saying something risky or making a point that could go off the rails. Dalton Caldwell: "I think so much about being a YC partner is like, is exactly that"

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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