Simple Products That Became Big Companies – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
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Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about OpenSea, Gusto, and the importance of building simple products that solve a real problem. To create Rookies Mistakes we asked YC founders: Is there a simple fact you wish you knew when you started your company or a rookie mistake you wish you could take back? Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Rookie Mistakes 00:42 - Note from YC founder 01:02 - Boiling the ocean 02:00 - Googlitis 02:32 - OpenSea 04:33 - Gusto 05:34 - Having lots of features is infinitely worse than having one that works all right 06:26 - Note from YC founder 07:04 - Blank for X - Fail after getting money 07:22 - Validation 09:06 - First principles 10:05 - Ground Truth Answers 12:06 - Clear thinking 13:21 - Discipline 15:40 - Hardware crowdfunding 19:21 - Hardware startup - Best practices
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