S1E10 - Your Ego Is Sabotaging Your Startup Strategy

S1E10 — Launch, Test, Learn, Repeat: The Simple Rule Most Founders Forget

Here is the uncomfortable truth. Your ego might be the most expensive liability in your entire business.

This episode digs into the unvalidated assumptions, skipped tests, and founder blind spots that quietly derail startups long before launch day.

Hosts Vince O’Gorman (Founder, Nexxt Ideas), Brady MacDonald (Chief of Sales, Nexxt Ideas), and Christa Hill (Co-Founder, Tacit Edge) explore how confirmation bias and unchecked confidence can cloud judgment and why the market cares only about what works, not what you believe should work.

You will hear painfully relatable stories of ego-led decisions that bombed, along with simple validation loops that could have saved months of dev time or piles of money. This conversation blends tough love with practical clarity. It is founder therapy with a purpose: replace ego with evidence so you can build smarter.

 

In This Episode:

• Why ego kills clarity and blocks honest decision-making
• How assumptions masquerade as strategy
• Why untested ideas are simply guesses in disguise
• Examples of failures caused by ignoring user feedback
• Practical shifts that move founders from opinion-driven to evidence-driven

 

Perfect for:

• Founders who fall in love with their ideas before testing them
• Builders who keep choosing gut feelings over user signals
• Entrepreneurs ready to stop guessing and start validating

 

This episode is a call to grow up in your approach.

• Ditch the ego. Validate the idea. Let real users shape what you build.
• Under 30 minutes. Real insights that move you forward today.

🎧 Listen now at taskfailedsuccessfully.dev or wherever you get your podcasts.