Mike Maples: Your Startup Idea Isn’t Crazy Enough—And it's holding you back | Mike Maples, Founder of Floodgate

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Ever wonder why some startups follow every “right” rule and still fail, while others break every norm and dominate? Mike Maples (Floodgate, author of Pattern Breakers) reveals how true breakthrough startups aren’t built by checking boxes—they’re created by founders bold enough to reject consensus, ignore conventional wisdom, and rewrite the rules entirely. This episode explains why your biggest risk isn’t failure, it’s wasting years on the wrong idea. If you want to build something peop...