# @pooria.arab on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CaqK5gYttk4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12258807-pooriaarab-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-03-03T22:45:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pooria Arab (🐝,🐝) (@pooria_arab) — https://gondola.cc/pooria_arab

## Caption

🤪Dumb mistakes as a first-time Founder #4: ⁠
Feared rejection - a little bit⁠
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Sometimes because of⁠
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🧱 Giving up early⁠
🧱 Lack of planning⁠
🧱 Procrastination⁠
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things would go sideways. ⁠
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I remember that clearly because I freakin cried a lot. ⁠
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I feared⁠
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→ All of this effort would be for nothing. ⁠
→ My team would give up on me⁠
→ I didn't have much technical experience⁠
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All these fears of rejecting myself, the ideas, and possible pivots impacted us. ⁠
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Did I fear rejection from investors/accelerators/VCs?⁠
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Hell, nah!⁠
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What's more abundant than startups and founders is all those people who want to take advantage of them. ⁠
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👇What dumb mistake did you make as a founder?⁠
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#startup #startupmistakes #founder #money #seedstage #strategy #PooriaMistakes ⁠
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seedstage, money, startupmistakes, startup, pooriamistakes, strategy, founder, 4

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