Imposter syndrome involves a competent individual who significantly underestimates his or her competence. It has nothing to do with the complexity of an underta

Imposter syndrome involves a competent individual who significantly underestimates his or her competence. It has nothing to do with the complexity of an undertaking, or how confident one is relative to others. Are there founders who exhibit imposter syndrome? I'm sure there are. But can every instance of founder insecurity be attributed to this? Absolutely not. It might not be the politically correct thing to state, but there are lots of founders who have good reasons to be insecure. They have no domain expertise. They are trying to start a business with little to no capital. And so on and so forth. Telling these folks that they're merely suffering from imposter syndrome does them a disservice.