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Its not particularly useful to just parrot the information without also including their justification; not all of us take YC mantras as the gospel. Did they gi
by amdavidson 6y ago
Its not particularly useful to just parrot the information without also including their justification; not all of us take YC mantras as the gospel.
Did they give you a reasoning for this guidance?
- apatters 6y agoYou don't know your LTV, churn rate, or even if you have product market fit at the beginning so paid acquisition is sort a gamble. I think YC soundly advises that you get your initial customers in ways that are less scaleable and get to know them a bit before you turn on the firehose.
- rfrey 6y agoI have not attended the Startup School, but I imagine there's a lot of value in personally recruiting your first 20 or 50 customers. You get to talk directly to them; you get a chance (not easy, though!) to find out the real reason they stopped using it, etc.
- marcosdumay 6y agoI imagine you can talk to people that see your ads too. Going after your customers looks great (honestly, I have zero successful experiences either way), but it is really hard for people that have a day job.