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

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  Genius and idiot approaches can both lead to the same conclusion.
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  Being young and naive can be an advantage for startup founders.

  • Founders often overthink decisions due to lack of guidance and stress, leading to feeling lost and stuck in circles.
  • Being young and naive can be an advantage for startup founders, as it allows them to approach problems without being aware of the difficulties and odds against them.
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  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.

  • Elon Musk's story of trying to buy rockets from Russia exemplifies how one's narrative can make them look like a genius or a dummy.
  • Tesla has successfully created an electric car, and the Boring Company is attempting to build an infrastructure for it.
  • Faster approaches problems with a beginner's mindset, coming up with simple-minded ideas that may be ruled out by others.
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  Focus on raising the money you need and building quickly to survive launch day.

  • Founders should not overthink fundraising and instead just focus on raising the amount of money they need.
  • Launch something fast and build something fast to survive the onslaught of traffic and users on launch day.
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  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.

  • We need to coordinate getting featured in the New York Times, TechCrunch, and Hacker News, and rebrand due to a similar name.
  • Finding the right co-founder requires looking in circles and having multiple reasons for why they should be chosen, rather than just relying on one's friends or someone with a specific skill set.
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  Applying to YC requires a strategy, but spending too much time on the application is not necessarily correlated with success.
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  Not sure if you have product market fit? If you're too busy to think about it, you probably do.

  • If you're overwhelmed with demand, you have product market fit; if you have time to wonder about it, you probably don't.
  • Founders should be aware of legal, regulatory, and health-related issues and take extra care when dealing with them.
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  Take action and focus on getting your first customer, not overthinking and over-optimizing.

  • Take action instead of overthinking and over-optimizing.
  • Startups don't need complex strategies to succeed, they just need to get their first customer and sell.
  • Have a beginner's mind, don't overthink it, and ask yourself if what you're doing is important before moving on.