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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€“ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ Not every founder is real. Some chase ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. Marc Andreessen has seen this for decades. When tech is booming, many jump inโ€”not to build, but to ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ. They read all the books, craft a perfect pitch, and sound impressive. But when the market crashes, they disappearโ€”back to McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, or other high-status jobs. So, how do you ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ฌ? ๐—”๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€. Andreessen uses a simple trickโ€”keep asking deeper questions. Fake founders struggle. Their answers get vague, their logic falls apart, and itโ€™s clear they donโ€™t truly understand what theyโ€™re building. Real founders? ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. Theyโ€™ve spent ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌโ€”๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌโ€”๐จ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ข๐๐ž๐š. The more you ask, the sharper and more confident their answers get. They donโ€™t just talk big; they know every detail of making it real. This test works because ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ. Theyโ€™ve built prototypes, solved real problems, and can explain every step without hesitation. Next time you meet a founder, ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ. Dig deeper. Keep asking โ€œwhy?โ€ and โ€œhow?โ€ Because in startups, ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ โ€”๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. Follow Vishu Bheda for more valuable startup insights from the world's best founders and investors!

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