Jessica Livingston says the number one predictor of a startup’s success is __________?

Hint: It’s a quality in their founders.

That quality is determination.

However, determined can easily be turned into a fixation on a specific solution, or assumption that prevents you from making a necessary pivot.

So how do you put guardrails up for determination to ensure it doesn’t turn into something detrimental?

Focus the gaze of determination on trying until it works.

And loosely hold the specific solution, and sometimes even the problem, in mind.