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When startup cohorts create unhealthy competition dynamics

Our entire cohort started this accelerator program together eight weeks ago and there's this unspoken competition where everyone shares their wins in group sessions but nobody talks about what's actually hard and I feel like I'm the only one struggling which makes me not want to share anything real.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Everyone acts like they're crushing it, so you feel alone in struggling and afraid to be honest.

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