Y Combinator Startup Class #1 : Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution (Part 1)
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SAM ALTMAN President, Y Combinator
@sama
WELCOME, AND IDEAS, PRODUCTS, TEAMS AND EXECUTION PART I
How to Start a Startup
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1. Idea 2. Product
3. Team 4. Execution
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1. Idea
1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
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1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
The Idea comes first
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The company should feel like an important mission.
1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
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Seems like a bad idea
This is a good idea
STARTUP
1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
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Why now ?
1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
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! Think about new ideas ! Meet potential cofounders
While you are a student:
1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
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Most people think first of what they want to express or make, then find the audience for their idea.
You must work the opposite angle, thinking first of the public.
You need to keep your focus on their changing needs, the trends
that are washing through them. Beginning with their demand, you create the appropriate supply.
50 Cent
1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
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1. Idea 2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
2. Product
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Great Idea
Great Product
Great Company
2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution 1. Idea
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! Build something users love ! Talk to users
2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution 1. Idea
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2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution 1. Idea
Intensity of like
#U
sers
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2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution 1. Idea
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Make something users love.
Great products win.
2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution 1. Idea
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Fanatical
2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
#1
1. Idea
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Get users manually.
2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution 1. Idea
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2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
User feedback ! What do they like? ! What would they pay for? ! What would make them recommend it?
Show it to users
Product Decisions
1. Idea
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! Total registrations ! Active users ! Activity Levels ! Cohort Retention ! Revenue ! Net Promoter Score
2. Product 3. Team 4. Execution
Metrics: Focus on growth
1. Idea