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Entrepreneurs are a different breed. Here are 10 \u201cretarded\u201d things founders do that defy logic \u2014 but somehow, make perfect sense in hindsight.<\/p>\n \u201cNormal people\u201d: \u201cYou\u2019re wasting your time. Just get a job.\u201d<\/em> Example:<\/strong> Elon Musk put his last USD 180M from PayPal into Tesla and SpaceX instead of retiring rich. Everyone thought he was insane. He just saw further than the rest.<\/p>\n To outsiders, it looks like arrogance or delusion. Example:<\/strong> Steve Jobs ignored market research when creating the iPhone. Founders will go broke, sleep in offices, eat instant noodles, and reject high salaries \u2014 all to \u201cown something\u201d that might die tomorrow.<\/p>\n Example:<\/strong> Airbnb\u2019s founders literally sold cereal (\u201cObama O\u2019s\u201d) just to survive. They look at society\u2019s habits and say, \u201cWe\u2019ll change that.\u201d<\/em> Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n Insanity? Maybe. Until it works.<\/p>\n To outsiders, it\u2019s toxic. When you\u2019re building something that could change your life (or the world), 9\u20135 just feels like a slow death.<\/p>\n \u201cNormal\u201d businesses wait until it\u2019s perfect. Early Facebook, early Windows, early everything \u2014 all half-broken. They\u2019ll manually onboard customers, personally deliver products, or email every single user by hand. You can\u2019t automate what you don\u2019t understand yet.<\/p>\n
What looks reckless, stupid,<\/em> or completely insane<\/em> to normal people\u2026
Is often just the price of building something that matters.<\/p>\n\ud83d\udd25 1. Betting Everything on an Idea Nobody Believes In<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Entrepreneurs: Quit their stable jobs, cash out savings, and work 16 hours a day for something that doesn\u2019t even exist yet.<\/p>\n\ud83d\udc80 2. Ignoring Data or Experts Because of \u201cGut Feel\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
But when data is incomplete, intuition<\/em> \u2014 built from obsession and pattern recognition \u2014 can outperform logic.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople don\u2019t know what they want until you show it to them.\u201d<\/em>
He wasn\u2019t guessing. He was betting on conviction.<\/p>\n\ud83d\udcb8 3. Working for Years Without Pay<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Normal people saw failure. They were just getting started.<\/p>\n\ud83e\udde0 4. Thinking They Can Change Human Behaviour<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Everyone else says, \u201cGood luck with that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n
\u23f1 5. Working 100-Hour Weeks \u2014 and Loving It<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
To entrepreneurs, it\u2019s purpose. A game. A mission.<\/p>\n\ud83d\udca5 6. Launching Half-Broken Products Publicly<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Entrepreneurs say: \u201cShip it now. Fix it later.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
Perfection kills momentum. Shipping builds it.<\/p>\n\ud83d\ude80 7. Being Obsessed With Things That Don\u2019t Scal<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
To normal people, that\u2019s dumb.
To founders, it\u2019s learning.<\/em><\/p>\n\ud83d\udca3 8. Being Completely Okay With Public Failure<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n