The Hard Conversations Founders Don't Want to Have

Y Combinator February 23, 2023
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In this video, Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell discuss the importance of having honest and difficult conversations with startup founders. While having hard conversations can be uncomfortable, Seibel and Caldwell argue that this transparency is essential for founders to grow and ultimately, these experiences help founders have their own hard conversations that they've been avoiding with the people around them. Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Definition 02:35 - Being likable 03:52 - Validating decisions 06:54 - Fundraising 08:31 - Deep dives 11:37 - Co-founders 15:42 - Employees 18:37 - Nobody's perfect 19:50 - Outro

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