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When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait
This is an AI-generated summary of a YouTube video "When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait" by Y Combinator!

Launch quickly and move fast for startup success.

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    00:00
    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.
  • πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ
    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.
  • 😬
    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.
  • πŸ€”
    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.
  • πŸ€”
    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.
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When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait
This is an AI-generated summary of a YouTube video "When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait" by Y Combinator!