One of YC's innovations is to use the founders themselves to do technical due diligence on their own idea.
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And while I would not have guessed it, with sufficient practice you can do this in a 10 minute conversation.
This is not only more efficient, but is the only strategy that works as ideas spread beyond pure tech. Who could you ask to vet Airbnb?
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Or for that matter
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If Airbnb founders were domain experts in the accommodation business, they would most likely never have started Airbnb in the first place.
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You are mistaking domain expert as (researcher + domain expert ) I guess , He is talking about ( domain expert + visionary )
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I like this. I think 1 key way to vet is to ask where weaknesses are. startups will have some "not optimal" things to save time. True or no?
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Couchsurfing
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Couldn't you ask one of their lawyers to vet them?
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No amount of expertise could have vetted Airbnb. Their eventual business model is different than their original idea.
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Seems so obvious but trust is the key.
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