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Jiel Selmani
@jselmani
Been recently thinking about this a lot and I realized something about the best founders I've come across, and that is that they all have a SUPERIORITY COMPLEX. Before I get hung in public about this, let me explain. The best founders don't think that their shit doesn't stink, quite the contrary. They know their shortcomings and they know they're not perfect. When I say they have a superiority complex, they strongly believe that there is NO ONE that can execute and build their product better than they can; that their vision is so crystal clear that it's impossible not to execute well. Because of this trait, they can sell better to customers, they can sell better to VCs, and they can sell better to their audience. What do you think? Anything you would add or disagree on? I'm all ears.
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Thomas
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Isn't that an expected consequence of a selection fallacy, such as the survivorship bias? Founders that are still in business are, by definition, strong believers in their vision. Partly because the strength of their vision is what made them start a business (whereas less convinced folks didn't dare pull the trigger), and partly because if they failed and thus got their vision proven wrong, they're "selected out" of the founders group
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Jiel Selmani
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You're not wrong, but I wouldn't say it's an expected consequence. People start businesses everyday and are strong believers yet still fail. The ones that start and sincerely believe that they are, by far, the best ones to build their product stand out to me. They feel superior among the other "mere mortal" founders who may be building a solution for the same problem. These founders are hard to come by because they're humble, but when it comes to executing their product, they're straight killers.
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