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Decision note8 min read

The riskiest assumption is your real starting point.

Founders are taught to begin with an idea. The better place to begin is the belief most capable of making that idea irrelevant.

By FounderRouteAugust 27, 2026

“Progress begins when the founder stops protecting the idea and starts testing what would prove it wrong.”