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The classic YC advice is "make something people want." This video dives into how that looks in practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C27RVio2rOs https://ww
by bolt7469 4y ago
The classic YC advice is "make something people want." This video dives into how that looks in practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C27RVio2rOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C27RVio2rOs
The guiding principle is simple, but in practice it can be hard and complex.
- ilrwbwrkhv 4y agoI think a more succinct point would be to identify someone with a hair on fire problem. That I feel is more concrete. They do talk about this a bit later but I feel this is the starting point.
- roguas 4y agoGenerally, you can go and "invent" business. But if you really do struggle there is another route, not as glorious. Make something cheaper, its also a good starting point for a lot of "inventive" startups (Spacex is spacex, cause they are cheaper than others). However you don't have to be inventive, just do similar/same thing but cheaper.
- amelius 4y ago> The classic YC advice is "make something people want." Ok, I want to make compilers. People want them but don't want to pay for them ...
- adrianN 4y agoMake a compiler that supports a modern language for an obscure chip that is used in industrial machines that is also compatible with the dialect that the vendor's compiler speaks.
- fxtentacle 4y agoI'm a paying customer of the Intel Compiler Suite. And I have been for many years. And I'm well aware that Intel is f-ing over AMD with vendor flags. But there simply is no alternative to MKL. So if you release something competitive to TBB+MKL for AMD, then you're in business ;) But be warned, it's like millions LOC and 500MB of pure compiled binaries to get to that level of functionality.