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Everyone wants to be a founder. Few understand the cost. Reality check: 1.99% of startups fail. Your odds are likely worse. 2. Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything. 3. Most "revolutionary" ideas are incremental at best. 4. Founder life:

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PRATHAM

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Definitely, fewer exceptions are definitely there who became founders but not employees before but that's exceptional thing and people don't understand that and face huge reality check

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