Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas

One trait that many great founders share is conviction. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll talk about finding confidence in what you're building, the dangers of inaccurate assumptions, and a question founders need to ask themselves before they start trying to sell to anyone else. 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 - Coming Up 00:16 - Intro: How Fast Is Too Fast? 00:26 - Rigorous Thinking 02:10 - Superficial Validation 03:26 - Solving Problems 04:09 - High Quality Reps 05:52 - Best Qualities 06:57 - Conviction 08:26 - Fear 12:52 - YC Standard Deal 13:33 - "Pivotitis" 14:01 - Random Walk 16:11 - A Useless MVP 19:40 - Learn A Good Rep