Startup Founders: Take Action and Get Your First Customer - Insights from Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

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TLDR Startup founders should focus on taking action and getting their first customer, rather than overthinking and over-optimizing.

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    Both smart and foolish strategies can result in the same outcome.
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    00:27
    Being young and naive can be an advantage for startup founders.
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    02:37
    Elon Musk's story shows how a narrative can make someone look like a genius or a dummy, and his companies Tesla and the Boring Company are examples of this.
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    05:21
    Focus on raising the money you need and building quickly to survive launch day.
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    07:53
    Search for a co-founder outside of your circles and have multiple reasons for why they should be chosen, while also coordinating to get featured in major publications and rebranding due to a similar name.
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    10:10
    Spending too much time on a YC application doesn't guarantee success.
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    11:45
    Not sure if you have product market fit? If you're too busy to think about it, you probably do.
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    14:27
    Take action and focus on getting your first customer, not overthinking and over-optimizing.
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