Startup School by Y Combinator

Building Product by Michael Seibel

Sep 12, 2018

59:05

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Michael Seibel

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What to Build Next?

01:24

Measurements Must Be Part Of Your Product Spec

00:47

Fulfilling Simple Feature Requests Can Create Power Users

01:05

Use an Event-based Metric Tracking System Like MixPanel

01:17

Introduction

3min

The Three Things That Saved Our Company

1min

Is That a Good Idea?

2min

Can You Solve a Problem for Everyone?

3min

Is the Problem Solvable?

3min

How Many Users Have a Problem?

2min

Getting the Most Value Out of Your Car Buying Websites

2min

Why You Shouldn't Start Free

3min

Getting Acts With Peoples Emal Dresses

2min

10.

How to Build an Nv P in 2 Weeks or Less

2min

11.

How Do You Find Desperate Customers?

2min

12.

Are You Dealing With Desperate People?

2min

13.

Ignore Your Investors

2min

14.

Don't Discount - Dont Let These People Lead You Astray

2min

15.

How to Set Up Metrics

2min

16.

How to Set Up Mix Panel?

2min

17.

Product Development - Measurement Is Part of a Product Speck

2min

18.

We Didn't Write Down the Specks

2min

19.

The Wrong Way to Run a Company

2min

20.

You Are Doing It Wrong

2min

21.

Brandstorms Aren't a Brainstorm

2min

22.

Easy or Hard?

2min

23.

How to Write a Speck for a Web Application

2min

24.

Is It Okay to Wait Two Weeks to Find Product Market Fit?

2min

25.

Pivotal Is Changing the Customer or the Problem

2min

26.

Steve Jobs vs Real Steve Jobs

2min

27.

Faxte Jobs Just Dreams and Creates Art

2min

28.

Do You Ever Plan to Charge Your Users?

2min

29.

Is Your KPI Number One Revenue?

3min

30.

Are You Levelling Up Your Life Style?

2min

31.

How to Build a Part Development Cycle?

3min

YC CEO Michael Seibel outlines how successful startups think about building something people want.

What problem are you solving?
Who is your Customer?
How to set up metrics
Product Development
Pivot vs. Iterate?

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