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The point is that YC's model contradicts what you said. It's relatively inexpensive to build an initial version of a product. Build something as quickly as poss
by aquateen 5y ago
The point is that YC's model contradicts what you said. It's relatively inexpensive to build an initial version of a product. Build something as quickly as possible, get user feedback, and keep iterating.
I can guarantee you won't find anything Paul Graham has written about doing a bunch of marketing analysis as a first step.
- nfw2 5y agoI said market research, not marketing analysis. I don't mean focus groups and A-B tests and ad words. No YC company is literally in stage 1 of its existence. First you need to get into YC, and you probably won't if you don't know anything about the market you are trying to reach.