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Published · transcript-backedEric Simons: belief
13 Mar 2025 Lenny's Podcast Inside Bolt: From near-death to ~$40m ARR in 5 months—one of the fastest-growing products in history | Eric Simons (founder and CEO of StackBlitz)
“I think that's the hard thing about being an entrepreneur. There are periods of time where you have to make judgment calls that are not going to be the consensus view.”
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- Eric Simons
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- belief
- Recorded
- 13 Mar 2025
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…You basically were building a tech first, and then looking for a problem to solve later, which is often what people tell you not to do. I think that's the hard thing about being an entrepreneur. There are periods of time where you have to make judgment calls that are not going to be the consensus view. You got to have confidence in your convictions on how to best play the hand. A lot of people see these stats, and they sometimes don't see that there was also years and years of work before that.…
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