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The Two Mindsets That Can Kill Your Startup

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

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Introduction

Michael Sible and Dalton Caldwell discuss whether you are being too optimistic or too pessimistic about your startup. "You need to be both optimistic and pessimistic, okay? And if you're too far on either extreme, you are going to fail," they say. They also talk about the comical stereotype of someone that's too pessimistic.

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