Founders often kill their startups by hiding ideas from potential customers out of fear competitors will steal them. Testing your concept with real people matters more than secrecy. Customer interviews and feedback are what actually validate whether your idea works.
One of the fastest ways to kill a startup is to spend more time protecting the idea and your startup than testing it. I can't tell you how many founders I've met who are terrified that someone would steal the innovation, copy their technology, or beat them to the market. So they avoid customer interviews, they delay outreach, and then keep their ideas hidden from very few people who can actually help validate them.
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