How do we become confident Founders when none of us have ever done this before?

As a startup CEO for over 30 years, I can tell you I have the confidence now, but when I was starting at 19... not even close. I was so out of my depth I was terrified to even tell people I was a CEO for fear they would laugh at me. And they often did.

Back then, I thought confidence was something certain people were just born with — like being tall or having good skin. Growing up, there were always those kids who seemed like they had it figured out. I assumed they had something I didn’t.

Years later I'd come to know those same supposedly confident people very well, and I'd learn a valuable lesson — no one is just "naturally confident." It all comes from experie...