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A Conversation with Elad Gil

Startup School by Y Combinator

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What's Going Wrong With Your Start Up?

A lot of people will a let not great people stick around for far too long. I think the way you should think about your start up from a hiring perspective s its almost like a light a life raft. You know, your boat is sinking, and there's five spots, and who are in those five spots? And if the people on the raft aren't the five people that you should have on the raft, you should find the five people. The focus on customers and what customers need very early is important signal. Then i think building something immediately is really important too. But su lhike. What else have you seen go wrong at this early stage that might be instructive?

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