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113: Building in Public: How Radical Transparency Hurts Founders

The Bootstrapped Founder

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Building in Public Is a Nuanced Activity

I think building in public is a very nuanced activity, and it's also a founder driven. With every founder being a unique human being, their approach to sharing the journey will also be uniquely colored by their preferences, choices and perspectives. I don't think that not talking about certain things, or talking less, or being preoccupied with other things, cheapens the act of building in public. Just because you're careful with what you share, it doesn't mean that building inpublic is just a marketing trick. And if you build in public your way, you're still building in public - even though some of your followers would like you to share different things. Doesn't make you build in

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