The Biggest Mistakes First-Time Founders Make - Michael Seibel

Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on the biggest mistakes first-time founders make.

https://twitter.com/mwseibel

Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.

Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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Topics
00:10 - Solving a problem you don't care about
1:00 - Helping users you don't care about
1:40 - Choosing cofounders you don't know well
2:20 - Not having transparent conversations with your cofounder
3:20 - Not launching
4:45 - Not using analytics
5:02 - Not knowing where your first users will come from
5:45 - Poor prioritization