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Dalton Caldwell - All About Pivoting

Y Combinator
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YC Partner and Head of Admissions Dalton Caldwell talks about pivoting for startups and shares his advice on when and how founders should consider it for their companies. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6... This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program and global community of founders. Register and join the community at https://www.startupschool.org/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 0:00 Introduction 0:29 What is a "pivot"? 1:54 Why pivot? 3:09 Good and bad reasons to pivot 4:51 People wait too long to pivot 8:57 Product/market fit 10:09 Finding a better idea 14:27 The best time to pivot 16:41 Scoring ideas 18:41 Real-world examples 26:50 Conclusion ...more
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Dalton Caldwell - All About Pivoting
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2019Aug 29
YC Partner and Head of Admissions Dalton Caldwell talks about pivoting for startups and shares his advice on when and how founders should consider it for their companies. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6... This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program and global community of founders. Register and join the community at https://www.startupschool.org/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 0:00 Introduction 0:29 What is a "pivot"? 1:54 Why pivot? 3:09 Good and bad reasons to pivot 4:51 People wait too long to pivot 8:57 Product/market fit 10:09 Finding a better idea 14:27 The best time to pivot 16:41 Scoring ideas 18:41 Real-world examples 26:50 Conclusion

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Y Combinator

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