Advice to never give up becomes dangerous once a venture passes an unknowable tipping point.

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• Wondering whether your product will ever be a thing is a dangerous thought, because there is no point at which you would stop second-guessing yourself. RVRahul Vohra23 Mar 2025similar wordingFounder and chief executive of Superhuman
• You only fail if you stop; iteration that keeps going is not failure, it is learning. TFTony Fadell7 Jun 2026similar wordingCreator of the iPod and co-creator of the iPhone at Apple
• Successful founders are distinguished by knowing what to give up and when, not by refusing to ever quit. AKArvid Kahl16 Jan 2026similar wordingSoftware entrepreneur who bootstrapped and sold…
• A founder who does not know their own goal dies by a thousand compromises and ends up running a company they do not want to work at. MPMark Pincus2 Jun 2026similar wordingFounder and former CEO of Zynga
• "Hire great people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice for anyone in a leadership role. CMCharity Majors17 Dec 2024similar wordingCo-founder and CTO of Honeycomb

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