Marc Andreessen

Because you're showing a crack in the armor.

Because you're showing a crack in the armor.

And if your people pick that up, they're going to lose confidence in you.

And if your people pick that up, they're going to lose confidence in you.

Or if word gets around that you're second-guessing yourself or that your thing isn't going well or that you don't have total confidence in it, then all of a sudden investors won't want to invest and candidates won't want to join.

Or if word gets around that you're second-guessing yourself or that your thing isn't going well or that you don't have total confidence in it, then all of a sudden investors won't want to invest and candidates won't want to join.

And so there's this need of somebody, if you're going to lead one of these things, you have to do it with such a brave face and then kind of...

And so there's this need of somebody, if you're going to lead one of these things, you have to do it with such a brave face and then kind of...

It's a metaphor that the duck looks totally placid above water and then it's paddling furiously underwater.

It's a metaphor that the duck looks totally placid above water and then it's paddling furiously underwater.

And so I just think in particular, founders have a very hard time finding anybody that they can actually confide in.

And so I just think in particular, founders have a very hard time finding anybody that they can actually confide in.

And then what happens is I think everybody individually has an inaccurate view of what everybody else is feeling.

And then what happens is I think everybody individually has an inaccurate view of what everybody else is feeling.

Because I think in practice, everybody's kind of feeling very tense and nervous and anxious and fearful and so forth.

Because I think in practice, everybody's kind of feeling very tense and nervous and anxious and fearful and so forth.

But everybody's pretending they're not feeling that way.

But everybody's pretending they're not feeling that way.

But everybody thinks everybody else is doing great.

But everybody thinks everybody else is doing great.