Startup Therapy

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about honest optimism. What if you have this strong conviction that what you’re building will lead to success? What if you have this strong sense of positivity and optimism? Will it be enough to gain people’s trust and continue to pour more money into your company? But what if it’s just blind optimism and you’re not really getting anywhere?

Show Notes

In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about honest optimism. What if you have this strong conviction that what you’re building will lead to success? What if you have this strong sense of positivity and optimism? Will it be enough to gain people’s trust and continue to pour more money into your company? But what if it’s just blind optimism and you’re not really getting anywhere? 

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Resources:

What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:22 Forward-looking optimism versus lying
  • 03:28 Are we lying to ourselves when outcomes aren’t as predicted?  
  • 06:42 What we’re pitching is potential outcome
  • 09:56 Reasonable expectation and not blind optimism
  • 12:08 Understanding the importance of optimism
  • 18:44 Here’s where it becomes straight up lying
  • 22:28 The consequence of going beyond optimism
  • 26:43 Founders getting caught up in not presenting
  • 28:38 There’s truth in optimism and there’s misaligned intention

What is Startup Therapy?

The "No BS" version of how startups are really built, taught by actual startup Founders who have lived through all of it. Hosts Wil Schroter and Ryan Rutan talk candidly about the intense struggles Founders face both personally and professionally as they try to turn their idea into something that will change the world.