Huang: An entrepreneur's superpower is ignorance of how hard startup life is
Jensen Huang · Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg) · Acquired · Sep 30, 2024 · at 1:12:46
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang shares his mental model on founder psychology and resilience.
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“And my point there is the super point of entrepreneurs, which is your superpowers are partly your ignorance, that you don't know how hard it is.”
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