On: YC without being in YC

[tarof]

"Sell before you build"

This is what I learned from YC. It was from Paul Buchheit.

[aashaykumar92 → tarof]

I'm the jackass who downvoted you...it was by accident, I meant to upvote. I just don't have the option to go back on it, sorry.

[lanstein → aashaykumar92]

fixed :)

[aashaykumar92 → lanstein]

Thanks! Not sure how you fixed it (or how you know its fixed) but if you're an admin, I'd love to know why anything I submit is automatically 'dead'. Email is aashayk@umich.edu, thanks again :)

[basisword → aashaykumar92]

He probably 'fixed' it by up voting the comment you accidentally down voted.

[skbohra123 → aashaykumar92]

Probably he fixed up just by up voting.

[jaf12duke → tarof]

I'm glad you brought this up--I use it as much as any other. Our iteration time for creating a fake mock-up and trying to sell it is only days. We can get through 5 tests in the time it takes to build one of them.

[anandkulkarni → tarof]

This was probably the most important discovery I made in the startup process. Helps guarantee that you make something people want.

[dakrisht → tarof]

Would love to hear you elaborate on this...

[petercooper → dakrisht]

I can't speak for Paul B but there's a great book called Ready Fire Aim by Michael Masterson that focuses on this technique that I'd recommend.