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Adora Cheung

03/20/17

@ Y Combinator

Temporary brokenness is much better than permanent paralysis. During the early stages, perfection is irrelevant; focus on building for your core users and worry about edge cases later as your user base grows.

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Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing with Adora Cheung (How to Start a Startup 2014: 4)

@ Y Combinator

Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing with Adora Cheung (How to Start a Startup 2014: 4)

03/20/17

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