What I’ve learned from users
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What I’ve learned from users
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#2Caveat - The best type of mentors for founders are other founders. VCs, Incubators, are not optimal mentors, rather those are key folks to have in your pocket.
My suggestion for all founders - find a mentor who is a founder & builder.
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#3I thought this article was about what PG learned from users but he just wrote about how good he is at identifying startup problems because they are all the same but actually not so same when it comes to replacing his job with an automated FAQ.
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#4Off-topic, but I wonder how much traffic is lost on PG's site due to not having a valid TLS certificate for his domain.
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#5Off-topic, but I wonder how much traffic is lost on PG's site due to not having a valid TLS certificate for his domain.
probably.. like.. 5 readers. Maybe 10.
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#6I thought this article was about what PG learned from users but he just wrote about how good he is at identifying startup problems because they are all the same but actually not so same when it comes to replacing his job with an automated FAQ.
Yeah, it was odd.
The learnings:
1. The number of companies of a batch affect how YC should work
2. Bad founders don’t understand what problems they have (or miscalculate its relevance)
3. Founders don’t listen
None of those come from listening to founders. Number 1 not even came from founders, it was an internal realization that didn’t affect founders.
It was kind of interesting to read, just odd due to its title and hook.
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#7This guy is very smart!
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#8I thought this article was about what PG learned from users but he just wrote about how good he is at identifying startup problems because they are all the same but actually not so same when it comes to replacing his job with an automated FAQ.
Yeah, it was odd. The learnings: 1. The number of companies of a batch affect how YC should work 2. Bad founders don’t understand what problems they have (or miscalculate its relevance) 3. Founders don’t listen None of those come from listening to founders. Number 1 not even came from founders, it was an internal realization that didn’t affect founders. It was kind of interesting to read, just odd due to its title an…
I had the same impression. After item 3, there is then a tangential (ironic, even?) ramble about focus. I wonder if Paul decided on the title before or after writing the content!
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#9Off-topic, but I wonder how much traffic is lost on PG's site due to not having a valid TLS certificate for his domain.
i've got an ultrawide screen
god i wish he'd centre texts
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#10I thought this article was about what PG learned from users but he just wrote about how good he is at identifying startup problems because they are all the same but actually not so same when it comes to replacing his job with an automated FAQ.
I think he's referring to startups as his "users". In that context, I guess he's saying he's learnt the common patterns of why startups fail.