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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- September 9, 2022
- Duration
- 24m
- Channel
- Y Combinator
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the qualities that make a founder overly optimistic or far too pessimistic about their startup. Where is the right middle ground? Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Introduction 00:30 - Stereotypes 03:09 - The Two Leaders 05:45 - Pessimistic mistakes 06:28 - Expectation setting 07:14 - Faulty feedback 08:24 - Demo day goals 09:20 - Energy drain 11:22 - Magical thinking 14:23 - Founder mistakes 16:03 - Product mistakes 17:43 - Magical investors 18:41 - Hiring optimism 19:57 - Doing what's cool 21:46 - Cognitive dissonance #startups #entrepreneur #tech
SPEAKERS
Dalton Caldwell
hostY Combinator partner and startup advisor focused on early-stage company building.
Michael Seibel
hostY Combinator partner and startup founder/investor known for advising early-stage founders.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Y Combinator, featuring Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel, The Two Mindsets That Can KILL Your Startup explores founders Must Balance Optimism and Pessimism Without Magical Thinking Both hosts argue that founders need to be optimistic and pessimistic at once, and that going too far toward either extreme leads to failure.
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