Gina Bianchini argues that founders don't need to fit a single mold or follow every rule in their community. Success means observing what works while refusing to be defined by it. Purpose is your compass to navigate without conforming.
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Sometimes like people think like communities are just like one monolith, like the creator economy or tech and SF. And what role does purpose play in that? Here's what I know to be true. There is not one culture. There is not one set of people that we have to follow and pay attention to. What is so challenging about being founders, being creators, is that we're kind of making it up as we go along. We're looking for clarity. We're looking for people to tell us what to do and how to do it, but we don't have to accept it. And that's really the difference. Between success and failure is how can you pay attention to the culture? How can you pay attention to best practices but not be defined by them?