Elon Musk's advice to startup founders: "Seek out negative feedback”
A short YouTube clip (uploaded by Lorenzo) featuring Elon Musk giving startup advice: he urges founders to actively seek out and pay careful attention to negative feedback because friends usually omit criticisms to avoid offending. Musk stresses coaxing out negative feedback and warns against overweighting positive feedback while underweighting negative feedback.
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