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		vaksel on April 7, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YC Rejected: Please read. Good post, people get hung up too much on being validated by others. Do your own thing, and stop worrying so much

mishmash on April 7, 2009 [–]

And not hung up enough on letting the market validate their idea.

jimbokun on April 7, 2009 | [–]

Which, ironically, is a different form of being validated by others. It's just that getting validated by the market can lead to worthwhile side effects, such as financial independence.

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