Airbnb started with an idea that was like, Hey, VR is the future. I guess let's make some VR headsets. And it makes sense. They had this sense that that was what a startup should be. It is whenever the current zeitgeist of was popular. But at the end of the day, they really understood other founders, other people in the YC batch. If they weren't founders, if they hadn't gone through this themselves, it'd be much harder to hire some PM at a big company to build all these solutions.
Successful startups don’t just build technology – they solve human problems. The key is listening to the people who really matter: your customers.
In this episode, Michael and Dalton discuss how spending real time with your users can unlock insights and growth. Hear the stories of how Airbnb and Brex built billion-dollar companies by forging genuine connections with their customers and learn why having too much money and too many people can actually slow down learning.
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