Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the best approaches to managing the many setbacks startup founders can face over the lifetime of starting and running a business.
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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) –
00:00 – Introduction
00:26 – Punches that land
01:04 – The setback cycle
02:05 – Fundraising
04:27 – YC – No for now
05:42 – Survivorship bias
06:28 – Co-founders
08:02 – The magical deal
09:15 – After the deal, credits don’t roll
11:21 – A bad launch
13:28 – Movie mess us up
15:27 – Getting sued
16:51 – Silver linings
18:44 – You are the example
20:00 – Taking stock
20:50 – Worst case analysis
22:00 – Wrap up
