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Re:YC without being in YC by tarof on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:39PM (#5651003)
"Sell before you build"

This is what I learned from YC. It was from Paul Buchheit.

Re:YC without being in YC by aashaykumar92 on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:45PM (#5651033)
I'm the jackass who downvoted you...it was by accident, I meant to upvote. I just don't have the option to go back on it, sorry.
Re:YC without being in YC by lanstein on Friday May 03, 2013 @06:34PM (#5653061)
fixed :)
Re:YC without being in YC by aashaykumar92 on Friday May 03, 2013 @07:58PM (#5653357)
Thanks! Not sure how you fixed it (or how you know its fixed) but if you're an admin, I'd love to know why anything I submit is automatically 'dead'. Email is [email protected], thanks again :)
Re:YC without being in YC by k-mcgrady on Friday May 03, 2013 @10:09PM (#5653652)
He probably 'fixed' it by up voting the comment you accidentally down voted.
Re:YC without being in YC by skbohra123 on Friday May 03, 2013 @11:50PM (#5653922)
Probably he fixed up just by up voting.
Re:YC without being in YC by jaf12duke on Friday May 03, 2013 @12:46PM (#5651041)
I'm glad you brought this up--I use it as much as any other. Our iteration time for creating a fake mock-up and trying to sell it is only days. We can get through 5 tests in the time it takes to build one of them.
Re:YC without being in YC by anandkulkarni on Friday May 03, 2013 @02:19PM (#5651669)
This was probably the most important discovery I made in the startup process. Helps guarantee that you make something people want.
Re:YC without being in YC by dakrisht on Friday May 03, 2013 @11:46PM (#5653909)
Would love to hear you elaborate on this...
Re:YC without being in YC by petercooper on Saturday May 04, 2013 @03:00AM (#5654324)
I can't speak for Paul B but there's a great book called Ready Fire Aim by Michael Masterson that focuses on this technique that I'd recommend.