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Iren from FirstHR

The worst advice for a startup founder.

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What do you think is the worst advice a startup founder could receive?

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Alex Bradley
"Don't do it"
Mat Sherman
Quit your stable job and go all in before anything is proven or there is any fundraising interest.
Tegan Bradleys
"Just follow your passion". No doubt passion is important but it's not enough
Nick from FirstHR
"Focus on features, customers don't know what they want"
Rahul Rajagopal
Theres this "work harder" mantra. people say they have to grind 24/7 - but that actualy maybe a bad adivce, cuz burnout is real.
David Popescu
"Don't tell anybody about this"... I think this is bad advice. Even if you're working on GPT-5, there's a good chance the people you'll talk to about your new idea will either not care enough to pay attention or just don't understand it at all. But there's a slim chance that somebody who you share your idea with will become your partner/co-founder/investor, etc. This was the case for me and ever since, I am always happy to share my ideas with everybody.
Saifullah Saifi
Raise as much money as possible :(