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That's it?

Most startups don't know what they are doing, so first-time starter-uppers get the wrong idea. Instead of moving at a steady pace without burnout, the lesson they can take away from it is that startups are all about heroics and working until 2AM while chugging tequila.

There are a lot of clowns out there with a serious case of Dunning-Kruger who run these companies (usually into the ground).




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