founder's mentality

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Figure out what you need—not just what the business needs

Gena Gorlin • Startup Lessons From Y Combinator’s Most Sought-after Executive Coach

Things don’t happen for a reason. But they do often happen because nobody has yet found a better way.

What people need most is confidence, not advice

(reminds me ot Tyler Cowen’s high value of raising people’s aspirations)

Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.