This week, How I Built This explores the tension between founder conviction and investor skepticism. In one episode, the founders of FIGS discuss building a $2.5 billion medical apparel company despite widespread predictions of failure, while in another, Calendly's Tope Awotona offers guidance on navigating the messy realities of scaling a startup. Together, the episodes illustrate how successful founders often must trust their instincts when the odds seem stacked against them.
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