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Michael Seibel

01/27/22

@ Y Combinator

OpenSea started as a simple website that allowed users to buy and sell NFTs, focusing on a straightforward use case before adding more features.

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Simple Products That Became Big Companies – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

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Simple Products That Became Big Companies – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

01/27/22

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Coinbase's original product was extremely simple: a website where users could buy Bitcoin with just a few clicks, solving a significant problem at the time.

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Projects like OpenBazaar illustrate the challenges of building decentralized platforms, as they require significant resources to develop both the underlying technology and user interfaces.

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The business started as a simple solution to my own problem, using email and PayPal, and it organically grew into a functioning business.

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Airbnb's first product lacked payments and a map view, demonstrating that successful startups often begin with very basic versions of their products.

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The first version of Stripe was built with basic tools and was enough to understand the product experience, allowing users to charge credit cards easily.

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We launched our product online, supported it via email, and maintained a frugal, cash-neutral operation while reaching an international market from the start.