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🌟 The Pocket Guide of Essential YC Advice 🌟 1. Launch now 2. Build something people want 3. Do things that don't scale 4. Find the 90 / 10 solution 5. Find 10-100 customers who love your product 6. All startups are badly broken at some point 7. Write code - talk to users 8. "It’s not your money" 9. Growth is the result of a great product, not the precursor 10. Don’t scale your team/product until you have built something people want 11. Valuation is not equal to success or even probability of success 12. Avoid long-negotiated deals with big customers if you can 13. Avoid big company corporate development queries - they will only waste time 14. Avoid conferences unless they are the best way to get customers 15. Pre-product market fit - do things that don’t scale: remain small/nimble 16. Startups can only solve one problem well at any given time 17. Founder relationships matter more than you think 18. Sometimes you need to fire your customers (they might be killing you) 19. Ignore your competitors, you will more likely die of suicide than murder 20. Most companies don't die because they run out of money 21. Be nice! Or at least don’t be a jerk 22. Get sleep and exercise - take care of yourself Credit: Geoff Ralston, Michael Seibel ~~~~~ ♻️ Found this helpful? Repost it so your network can learn from it, too. And follow me, Fazlur Shah for more content like this. #startups #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #investing
Prioritizing customer feedback and maintaining founder relationships are crucial for navigating the startup journey successfully Fazlur Shah
Everyone should just watch one YC video a day and at the end of two months, you will be so clear. It’s astonishing.
YC advice is like punch in the face to wake you up from sweet and steady dreams and force you to take action in the right direction!
Powerful advice Thanks man
Very informative! Absolutely helpful!
Fazlur Shah super relevant points!
Great advice!
Valuable advice for new businesses and founders on how to avoid failure. Thanks Fazlur Shah for sharing this info.
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1moLaunch NOW! I am glad that's the 1st thing.