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> Speed defines startups. Focus enables speed. YC improves focus. Couldn't you substitute YC for mentorship, coaching, advisement, etc? Or even peers trying to
by thenerdhead 4y ago
> Speed defines startups. Focus enables speed. YC improves focus.
Couldn't you substitute YC for mentorship, coaching, advisement, etc? Or even peers trying to accomplish shared goals/vision?
Surprisingly this article has little to even say about users, but more about YC users (i.e. founders in the program).
I was hoping to read something applicable to how little companies actually talk to users and how practicing zero-distance between them will make you successful regardless of how much money you raise. Instead, this read like an ad for YC.
- hinkley 4y agoIsn't that kind of the point of YC? Consultants are everywhere. Some are bad, some are just a bad fit. But the checks flow in one direction the entire time. YC's schtick seems to be that the checks flow in the other direction at first, when the listening often matters the most. Basically YC has found a way to profit off of consulting as a value add.
- thenerdhead 4y agoI just thought the title was misleading. It read to me that of the value add of YC to its users. Not to the value add that YC companies bring to their users.