Launch quickly and move fast for startup success.

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  Startups should launch early and move quickly to maximize success.
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  01:15

  Startups must take risks to move faster than big companies, as Instacart did by relying on Craigslist for grocery pick-up.

  • Startups need to move faster than big companies, and to do so they must be comfortable with taking risks.
  • Instacart had no back-end and relied on founders and people from Craigslist to pick up groceries.
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  03:08

  Founders often overestimate their product launch, leading to delays.

  • Founders often think they are the exception to the rule and ignore good advice.
  • Founders often have an unrealistic image of their product launch, which can slow them down from getting it out to people.
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  05:17

  Founders are afraid of people thinking their product is ugly or not working well, but if they play out the worst possible scenario, it's usually fine.
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  06:51

  Launch quickly and get feedback from users, don't get stuck in long development cycles.

  • Founders should launch quickly and get feedback from users, rather than creating a waitlist and tying themselves up in contortions.
  • Rippling took close to a year and a half to launch publicly after coming about.
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  08:50

  Parker's impressive HR software was built quickly due to his deep product insight and domain expertise.

  • Parker had an unusual depth of product insight and domain expertise, enabling him to quickly build a robust MVP, which is rare and not always achievable.
  • He emailed me out of the blue with a feature-rich HR software that blew me away and I wondered how he built it so quickly.
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  11:14

  Early stage founders should go back to the beginning of a product's development to understand the simpler feature set and lower stakes.
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  12:45

  Ignore the advice given and launch fast, moving quickly to get the best results.