When you're a founder, there is no filter. You have to be the person that tells the people working with you that it's all going to be okay. I think a lot of folks aren't mentally prepared for this. Reality is tricky when it's not filtered. But I'd argue it's more fun. It's more fun to look at the sky with your own eyes than to look at a drawing of a picture of a movie of a da da da da, the sky,. like it's morefun. Like, you got to live your life, right? We only get a short time in this earth. So you might as well use your own two eyes.
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the importance of talking to your users, why successful founders are ok with rejection from potential customers, and how protecting your ego by not talking to your users can kill your startup.
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