Marc Andreessen

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.

Everybody else thinks they're the only one that's like faking the smiles at the party.

Everybody else thinks they're the only one that's like faking the smiles at the party.

And so I think it's like incredibly important to be able to have an internal psychological mechanism to be able to deal with that and not have that overwhelm you.

And so I think it's like incredibly important to be able to have an internal psychological mechanism to be able to deal with that and not have that overwhelm you.

And I, at least this week, my nomination is retard maxing.

And I, at least this week, my nomination is retard maxing.