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Why 99% of startup stories you read are misleading founders

Stefano Vaccino, Founder and CEO at Yapily on Riding Unicorns · The next wave of Open Banking and what it means for...

“The reality is, extremely demanding.”

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A lot of people read the news and the CEO on TechCrunch and the Feet, and they read about the 1% successful story, and so they think it's easy. The reality is, extremely demanding. It require a huge level of commitment but also fortitude. You have to be relentless and never give up. You would have more problem than solution most of the days.

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Yapily's CEO warns that startup success stories in tech media create a dangerous illusion that entrepreneurship is easy. He emphasizes the harsh reality that building a company is extremely demanding and requires relentless commitment, with founders facing more problems than solutions on most days.

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This cuts against the typical startup success narrative by exposing the gap between media coverage and entrepreneurial reality.

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