I’m noticing founders around me projecting confidence they don’t actually feel. The pressure to look certain is intense. It makes honest conversations rare. Did anyone else struggle with the gap between internal doubt and external posture?

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My first mentoring session (many years ago), my mentor told me to “Fake it until you make it”.

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No because I frankly don't care what anyone else thinks of me. Everyone is at different stages of their entrepreneurial journey, and that's fine. You don't have to have everything figured out, and you shouldn't be focusing on appearing like you do. Ignore the noise, take it one day at a time and keep putting the pieces together.

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Founds are seeking investment. You need to project confidence to your network and potential investors. If you can't be excited about it, who would invest?

Meanwhile, if you want real talk you need people who will leave the networking/public-facing zone with you and enter.... the friend zone. More likely to happen in smaller settings.

I’ve watched Founders bold face lie for that moolah and it’s worked.

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