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Garry Tan

04/22/20

@ Garry Tan

You have a finite number of tries, but if you timebox your tries, you'll get to try a lot more things, maximizing your chance of success.

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Timebox your way to startup product market fit

@ Garry Tan

Timebox your way to startup product market fit

04/22/20

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Garry Tan

04/22/20

@ Garry Tan

Timeboxing allows you to allocate a specific amount of time to explore a market and problem, and if it doesn't work out, you need to quit and move on to the next opportunity.

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Garry Tan

04/22/20

@ Garry Tan

Timeboxing helps you be mindful of how long to spend on any given problem, ensuring you don't waste time on unproductive efforts.

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Jensen Huang

06/24/11

@ Stanford Online

To succeed, you must develop a tolerance for failure and learn to fail quickly and inexpensively, adjusting your approach as needed.

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Justin Kan

05/27/21

@ Justin Kan

If you just keep moving and trying new things, even if they seem dumb, you can actually find success.

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Dalton Caldwell

05/10/19

@ Y Combinator

You can significantly increase your chances of getting lucky by making things, learning quickly, and sharing your creations with others instead of keeping them to yourself.

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Daniel Lereya

04/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Using timeboxed deadlines, or 'traps', helps us drive focus, avoid scope creep, and deliver faster results, proving that constraints can enhance creativity and productivity.

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David Rusenko

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Keep your burn rate low; if you only have enough cash for a few iterations but need many more, it won't work.

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Alex Hormozi

08/22/23

@ Chris Williamson

If you can learn to love the process of trying hard, it becomes unreasonable to think you can't succeed.

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Vinod Khosla

01/09/19

@ Y Combinator

The way to maximize your chances of success is by following a process I call 'gene pool engineering', which minimizes risks by building the right team.