At least they ask founders to be not mean [0] and specifically be nice [1] but do ask them to be relentless [2] and formidable [3], which may come off as shrewd

At least they ask founders to be not mean [0] and specifically be nice [1] but do ask them to be relentless [2] and formidable [3], which may come off as shrewd? [0] http://paulgraham.com/mean.html http://paulgraham.com/mean.html [1] http://paulgraham.com/safe.html http://paulgraham.com/safe.html [2] http://paulgraham.com/relres.html http://paulgraham.com/relres.html [3] http://paulgraham.com/earnest.html http://paulgraham.com/earnest.html