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The Two Mindsets That Can Kill Your Startup

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

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Optimism and Magical Thinking

Pessimism sucks, but it's curable. Optimism's a little harder. And I might argue maybe the reason why optimism is a little harder is because we're kind of saying that the good point is optimistic. So if you're too optimistic about your startup, you're like way off in the never, never land. That's a harder thing for us to cure. But let's be clear. This is my founder version of magical thinking.

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