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Y Combinator Cast

04/22/23

@ Y Combinator

When you reach product-market fit, your role will shift from coding to managing a team and making strategic decisions about scaling and engineering culture.

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YC

Tips For Technical Startup Founders | Startup School

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Tips For Technical Startup Founders | Startup School

04/22/23

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Garry Tan

04/22/20

@ Garry Tan

If you're a strong team employing the right strategies and timeboxing effectively, you will discover product-market fit.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

03/06/25

@ Y Combinator

Founders can ship features quickly with vibe coding, but once they achieve product-market fit, they will still need hardcore systems engineering to scale effectively.

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David Rusenko

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

When you're in the product market fit phase, it's crucial to keep refining your product instead of just focusing on scaling the business.

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Paul Copplestone

05/14/25

@ Accel

As a founder, my role has shifted from coding to focusing on team culture and alignment, ensuring everyone is pointed in the same direction as the company grows.

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Sam Altman

05/02/17

@ Y Combinator

As your company grows, your main job shifts from building a great product to building a great company, which is a significant transition for founders.

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Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

Learning to hire and manage effectively became crucial as I transitioned from building a product to building a company that creates products.

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Todd Jackson

04/11/24

@ Lenny's Podcast

If you're stuck at a level of product-market fit, focus on changing the persona, problem, promise, and product to move forward.

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David Rusenko

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

You should not scale a company past 20 people before achieving product-market fit; once you find it, scale aggressively.

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David Rusenko

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Don't scale your team until you've achieved product market fit; keep the team small to maintain agility and focus.