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Recently, I attended the YC Startup School's Future Founders program.
The 6 weeks of the program have been full of learnings, I would recommend everyone to attend in the future.
In this thread, I am sharing a few of my learnings.
@ycombinator @paulg @gralston
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The 6 weeks of the program have been full of learnings, I would recommend everyone to attend in the future.
In this thread, I am sharing a few of my learnings.
@ycombinator @paulg @gralston
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Week 1 was about
- Why to Not Not Start a Startup.
http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html
and
- Before the Startup.
http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html
Here, @paulgram listed 16 reasons why you maybe shouldn't start a startup right now.
I learned how to evaluate blockers and overcome them.
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- Why to Not Not Start a Startup.
http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html
and
- Before the Startup.
http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html
Here, @paulgram listed 16 reasons why you maybe shouldn't start a startup right now.
I learned how to evaluate blockers and overcome them.
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Week 2
How to get Startup ideas by @snowmaker
and @paulg
http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
Thing which is common in best startup idea is building a solution to the problem that everyone needs.
Never reject ideas that seem hard to get started.
Ex. @stripe
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How to get Startup ideas by @snowmaker
and @paulg
http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
Thing which is common in best startup idea is building a solution to the problem that everyone needs.
Never reject ideas that seem hard to get started.
Ex. @stripe
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Week 3 -
How to talk to users? by @ericmigi
and
How to Pitch Your Startup? by Kevin Hale
We all love to pitch our idea. When you are talking to user, extract the data from the user that can help to improve the product.
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How to talk to users? by @ericmigi
and
How to Pitch Your Startup? by Kevin Hale
We all love to pitch our idea. When you are talking to user, extract the data from the user that can help to improve the product.
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Week 4-
How to Find the Right Co-Founder by @harjtaggar
Finding the right Co-Founder and working together is one of the biggest challenges when you are starting up.
Best single founders are productive in building, talking to users, and in always search of co-founders.
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How to Find the Right Co-Founder by @harjtaggar
Finding the right Co-Founder and working together is one of the biggest challenges when you are starting up.
Best single founders are productive in building, talking to users, and in always search of co-founders.
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@drewhouston of Dropbox applied in YC, 2007, he had a really solid idea for building Dropbox, but at that time he didn't have a co-founder.
He continued building the Dropbox prototype, while also looking for co-founders and met @arashf. He applied again and got selected.
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He continued building the Dropbox prototype, while also looking for co-founders and met @arashf. He applied again and got selected.
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How to Split Equity Among Co-Founders? by @mwseibel
Almost all startups fail. The more motivated the founders, the higher the chance of success.
Startups are about execution, not about ideas, so splitting equity on behalf of the origin of the idea would be an injustice.
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Almost all startups fail. The more motivated the founders, the higher the chance of success.
Startups are about execution, not about ideas, so splitting equity on behalf of the origin of the idea would be an injustice.
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Week 5-
How to Plan an MVP by @mwseibel
How to Launch (Again and Again) by @KatManalac
Communities play an important in the success of any launch.
@ProductHunt and Hacker News are some best platforms to launch your product.
Keep launching!
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How to Plan an MVP by @mwseibel
How to Launch (Again and Again) by @KatManalac
Communities play an important in the success of any launch.
@ProductHunt and Hacker News are some best platforms to launch your product.
Keep launching!
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How to Prioritize Your Time by Adora Cheung. 
Real startup progress is when you're really focused on things that really move the needle for your startup.
The goal is not to optimize startup vanity, but actually delivering value.
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Real startup progress is when you're really focused on things that really move the needle for your startup.
The goal is not to optimize startup vanity, but actually delivering value.
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Week 6-
Do things that don’t scale @paulg
Initially, try to get a small set of users to observe, do not worry about scaling up.
For a startup to succeed, at least one founder will have to spend a lot of time on sales and marketing.
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Do things that don’t scale @paulg
Initially, try to get a small set of users to observe, do not worry about scaling up.
For a startup to succeed, at least one founder will have to spend a lot of time on sales and marketing.
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Company that grows at 1% a week will grow 1.7x a year if that grows at 5% a week will grow to 12.6x.
A company making $1000 a month and growing at 1% a week will 4 years later be making $7.9K/month. A startup that grows at 5% a week will in 4 years be making $25M/ month.
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A company making $1000 a month and growing at 1% a week will 4 years later be making $7.9K/month. A startup that grows at 5% a week will in 4 years be making $25M/ month.
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Startup = Growth
I met so many amazing people during the program, grateful and thanks to all those people.
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I met so many amazing people during the program, grateful and thanks to all those people.
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