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What actually motivates founders day to day is fear of disaster and of looking like a fool, not the prospect of becoming rich.
Drawn from what Paul Graham said
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Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Paul Graham said
You know what actually motivates founders day-to-day? The fear of failure. Even though they're doing this thing that if they succeed they'll be super rich. Um that does motivate them but the thing that motivates them at the at any given moment is the fear of like disaster or looking like a fool, the server crashing, right?
Where this was said
Watch from 5:54 plays here↗Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Foundersyoutube.com
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