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?

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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chaptermeyc)
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


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