Great presentation and very clear that the rest of the course will be focusing on advice for SV-style hyper-growth startups. There's still some good advice for

Great presentation and very clear that the rest of the course will be focusing on advice for SV-style hyper-growth startups. There's still some good advice for those of us not interested in that life style. I was particularly taken with the idea of building something that just a handful of people will really love. Having a rapt-audience for your product would be a huge win if you decide to build more, scale up, or sell out. I think it's really good that they're at least trying to convey how difficult building the style of companies they're talking about can be. I can appreciate how challenging that must be. The cultural yard-stick for success these days are valuations and IPOs. There's a ton of pressure to go that route especially from YC. I'm glad they're being conscientious about it even if they don't 100% succeed at removing some of the glimmer from the stars in peoples' eyes. There's nothing wrong with wanting to start a smaller enterprise and aspire to keep just a handful of customers you know by name.