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Notes from YC W21 to W24, with Love
This post was inspired by a recent conversation with a YC grad about post-batch life and lessons learned. I will start by saying you should take all advice with a grain of salt. There is more than one way to succeed and a lot of it will depend on…
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Yc App
I get asked a lot about YC and how to prepare for the application. The feedback I've most commonly given, listed below: go through the official yc notes on the topic - its succinct and actually does list out exactly what the partners are looking for…
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Context Dependent Painkiller
Recently talked to a founder that was struggling with sales for an AWS cost optimization service. They were having a hard time closing deals. At face value, it seems strange that this would be a hard sell - AWS costs are generally the number one IT…
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Hn Launch
launch is hit or miss never ask people to upvote your article directly, algorithm will penalize you sometimes people post a screenshot of the title and ask people to go to yc homepage and manually find it (and even this is mixed results) hn has a…
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Product Hunt Launch
its a popularity contest. essentially when you launch, you want to get everyone that has ever used your product to upvote. generally, ask people to leave feedback on the ph page ph has a very lopsided outcome distribution - either you make the top 5…
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Product Market Fit
The ONLY job of a startup founder is getting to product market fit.
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chef interview
source: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5oGnqEddxsCxhBzabxubFa?si=gYf4ChmSQA6I5rJyJz5qA&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A69cAXLsHmwztInIhAeyOqJ chef one of few companies in enterprise that is fully open source many companies now go with BSL license or open…
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How to Find Product-Market-Sales Fit
source: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/product-market-sales-fit-rerun-ZWEoPdxT 4 ps product, place, promotion, pricing product manager should does this ted lasso show #todo
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Learning from Open Source Communities
com/episodes/open-source-communities-creators-rerun-j2VDSSF While “community” is a common buzzword in everything from web3 to SaaS, community has long played a key role in the modern open source movement. Author Nadia Asparouhova joins to talk about…
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SaaStr 573: Scaling from $1 to $10M, an AMA with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
source: https://overcast.fm/+OOu-tNyvw saastr every company has innovation budget, push for it go for vps and directors, they don't have access to a CEO most of the time
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Everything I Learned from One Year of AWS Consulting
Thoughts and learnings from 1 year as an AWS consultant
