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My Notes on How to Start a Startup by YC

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Re: My Notes on How to Start a Startup by YC

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Post by tomglynch »

charleswzx wrote: post #2

Just sharing the notes I compiled while watching the online sessions @ https://startupclass.samaltman.com/ . I've been sitting on this for about half a year, and almost forgot I'd compiled it. I hope some of you find this useful (:

Thanks for this. How has it worked for you?

Re: My Notes on How to Start a Startup by YC

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Post by _the_inflator »

charleswzx wrote: post #2

Just sharing the notes I compiled while watching the online sessions @ https://startupclass.samaltman.com/ . I've been sitting on this for about half a year, and almost forgot I'd compiled it. I hope some of you find this useful (:

Awesome, thank you! :)

Re: My Notes on How to Start a Startup by YC

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Post by sdrothrock »

spencerwgreene wrote: post #6

Google Docs is already showing "Some tools might be unavailable due to heavy traffic in this file." I predict this posts hits 100 points and then it crashes. (Currently at 31.)

At 47 and had issues loading it, so I printed to PDF and hosted a copy on Docdroid -- I hope that's ok. If not, I'll delete it.

https://docdro.id/tOVflQx

Re: My Notes on How to Start a Startup by YC

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Post by midway »

Catchy title with strong words ('57-page', 'YC'), no real click-bait but close.

I skimmed the first pages and most of the advice is neither wrong or bad. Still, reading a lenghty 57-note in order to learn is wrong.

You learn by doing. If you want to start something stop procrastinating on HN and execute the first step: found the legal entity for your endeavor. This will keep you busy for the next days, and you learn.

Btw, you don't need to have a good or any idea or co-founder now. This will all come. Just start, make mistakes, stop reading random advice.

Edit: Don't downvote if you disagree, downvote if a comment doesn't add anything to the discussion.

Re: My Notes on How to Start a Startup by YC

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Post by randomsearch »

midway wrote: post #8

Catchy title with strong words ('57-page', 'YC'), no real click-bait but close. I skimmed the first pages and most of the advice is neither wrong or bad. Still, reading a lenghty 57-note in order to learn is wrong. You learn by doing. If you want to start something stop procrastinating on HN and execute the first step: found the legal entity for your endeavor. This will keep you busy for the next days, and you learn.…

Don’t set up a legal entity.

Find the nugget of your idea. Do something to get market feedback.

Eg your idea is Uber for pet food - go interview people leaving a big pet food store and ask them if they’re interested. Old school market research.

Or say your idea is a sports news site for minor teams. Set up an MVP that serves for your local team and promote it, see how many many people go to the site. MVP could be a stream of article links from other sites, or perhaps better a newsletter via email. On site have sign up box for other teams.

Market feedback is key. Once you have a good signal, continue building and gather more feedback.

Re: My Notes on How to Start a Startup by YC

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Post by dragonsh »

charleswzx wrote: post #2

Just sharing the notes I compiled while watching the online sessions @ https://startupclass.samaltman.com/ . I've been sitting on this for about half a year, and almost forgot I'd compiled it. I hope some of you find this useful (:

Probably you should also look at "Disciplined Entrepreneurship" https://medium.com/west-stringfellow/disciplined-entrepreneu...

Many suggestions are practical with case studies.

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