Trinh: Founders cannot be fully candid with teams or investors
Danny Trinh · Keeping it Real with Danny Trinh · Oct 11, 2022 · at 35:19
Designer and entrepreneur Danny Trinh discusses founder psychology and the isolation founders face when trying to keep their team and investors inspired.
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“Think about it with a team, you have to like give great, you know, you're trying to keep the inspiration like that, that, that energy on Mondays and through the week of like, yeah, here's the vision. And like, maybe your investor updates, maybe you don't know truly how to be that candid, like, you know, or to speak that bluntly. Cause you also want to like inspire confidence and faith in the team. And I think it's a very special type of like trusted relationship. It can be with investors too, but, or like other founders or operators you trust, but it's a very specific type of relationship. Where you can, like, kind of share that, you know and talk through it and really sketch out all the options”
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