Founders Who Convince People to Do Irrational Things
“The most compelling founders are the ones that convince people to do irrational things.”
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because of the company that's being built? - Yeah, I mean, part of it is the founder. I like to say that the most compelling founders are the ones that convince people to do irrational things. Like, that is the quality that you're looking for in a founder is that you can convince people to do things. Yeah, that don't make any sense, right? - Yes. - I'm gonna partner with your fledgling business
instead of established enterprise business that I've known for years. I'm gonna leave my well-paying job and go work for your company that might fail in two years. And I'm also gonna convince VCs to give me millions of dollars when I have like an ID on a napkin, right? So like that, there is something about the founder that you know they have this like compelling quality.
And by the way, that doesn't have to be packaged