Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Before Discord became a household name, not everyone believed in it, including one early employee who quit… via Post-It note. Jason Citron recalls the painful moment when his decision to pivot from game dev to chat app caused a walkout.

This is what startup conviction really looks like.

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