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more important if you can make revenue or not. "getting users" and getting revenue might be completely different things, and it seems to me YC was build mostly
by bachback 10y ago
more important if you can make revenue or not. "getting users" and getting revenue might be completely different things, and it seems to me YC was build mostly around the former, than the latter.
- jomamaxx 10y agoYC has a strong focus on revenue it seems. They talk about 'ramen profitable' meaning - squeaking by with enough money to pay basic bills and survive. I think this is great advice specifically because of how it empowers you vis-a-vis investors. It changes the game radically -> no 'desperation'. But they also have this thing after YC 'time to profitability'. Seems they are big on that. Frankly - despite bubble hype, there is something to be said for getting tons of users. If you have tons of users and a 'basic' type of revenue model you could apply that you know will work - even basic ads - then I think it makes sense. LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram - so many just focused on getting tons of users and I think that their valuations were reasonable. An acquirer can roughly calculate how much each user is worth. I think it depends on a lot on the type of business model.