Isn't Y-Combinator's whole thing "Make something people want."? That's a rather succinct and meaningful statement on its own. A very powerful one that should be

Isn't Y-Combinator's whole thing "Make something people want."? That's a rather succinct and meaningful statement on its own. A very powerful one that should be held above perhaps all others. I'm sure that whatever your business practices are, after boiling everything away, you should be doing this above all things. An article like this suggests perhaps some sizable amount, or many organizations are losing sight of the way.