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Hsu argues burnout is driven by lack of results, not hard work
“I think if you try to really increase the clock speed and sort of cadence at which you move, but there are no results, I think that leads to burnout very quickly. At least for me, and potentially for you as well, and for many people I've talked to, working har…”
Hsu argues founder conviction beats testing landing pages for startup ideas
“Yeah, so I think conviction is very important, and so I think when choosing ideas, I think conviction probably is sort of highest order you have to care about, basically, is do you actually get convicted about the idea? I have a bunch of friends now, and I'm s…”
Hsu says early profitability makes fundraising easy and businesses resilient
“If you can get to profitability very early and you can keep your growth rate up, you're just in such a great position. Your business is just so healthy. It says that, you know, it's very hard to ever become unprofitable, and raising money becomes so easy if yo…”