You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. -Paul Graham
Jessica is writing a talk about things startup founders have to get right in the earliest stages. To test her list, we tried to imagine a founder who got every one of them wrong. It was remarkably easy to. In startups, mistakes are correlated with other mistakes.
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You get to pick any two things from this list, but rarely can you have all three at the same time. :)
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This list looks amazing.
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Is her talk going to be broadcast online? I would love to share with my students. Also selfishly learn in the process!
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https://ffc2020.ycombinator.com/ I believe the talks will also be available afterward.
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If you need test dummies
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9/10 founders get some combination wrong, that is good odds for failure and great odds of nailing an article on the subject.
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Happy to provide feedback from an early stage bootstrapped point of view
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Will it be in YC's library once it's finished?
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