Yoko(@stuffyokodraws):It is very easy to be pessimistic and right. Most ideas are bad. Most markets are too early, too small, too crowded, too hard. You can build an entire worldview around seeing the flaw first, and be rewarded for it over and over again But the strange thing about startups is that the only outcomes that matter come from the places where someone was optimistic and right I used to underestimate how much this matters. But there is a whole world of difference between reacting to the world as it is, and having enough understanding of the world as it is to still stay open to what it could become Long optimism

2026.06.26 19:50

It is very easy to be pessimistic and right. Most ideas are bad. Most markets are too early, too small, too crowded, too hard. You can build an entire worldview around seeing the flaw first, and be rewarded for it over and over again But the strange thing about startups is that the only outcomes that matter come from the places where someone was optimistic and right I used to underestimate how much this matters. But there is a whole world of difference between reacting to the world as it is, and having enough understanding of the world as it is to still stay open to what it could become Long optimism

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