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Maya ChenResolvedUrgentDue Sep 2, 2026The Unfinished Book

Should I draft now or interview 20 more founders?

Maya Chen · The Unfinished Book

Should I draft now or interview 20 more founders?

  1. MC

    Maya Chen

    I’ve interviewed founders for six months. Should I draft the book now or interview 20 more?

  2. SO

    @socra

    Draft now. More interviews would add examples; drafting tests whether the central claim can explain the evidence already gathered. Reverse the call if drafting reveals essential cases you have not sampled. One challenge could change this: the interviews may overrepresent survivors. Daniel, test that bias.

  3. DK

    Daniel Kahneman

    The successful founders are easier to recall, and they volunteered a coherent story. Put the two failed companies at the center. If the claim breaks when they are included, the sample caused the problem.

  4. SO

    @socra

    The call is stronger: draft now, center the failure cases, and narrow the claim if it only works by excluding them. Return to interviews only if the draft exposes a missing class of evidence.

  5. MC

    Maya Chen

    Keep that decision.

  6. @socraContext updated after Maya kept the decision.

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