The second mistake founders make is adding a lot of meaningless marketing speak to their pitches. Gary Tan said, meaningless jargon is the number one issue I spend time trying to fight when helping startups. So hopefully whoever you're talking to asks follow up questions. And then you can get to the why later.
YC's Kat Mañalac wants to change the way you think about launching. In her talk, she shares the multitude of ways to launch and get attention for your product, with tangible strategies and examples from companies like Airbnb.
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