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Peter Reinhardt

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Initially, Segment launched as an open-source library on Hacker News, which gained traction overnight, attracting small companies and founders looking for better analytics solutions.

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Peter Reinhardt on Finding Product Market Fit at Segment

@ Y Combinator

Peter Reinhardt on Finding Product Market Fit at Segment

09/06/18

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Peter Reinhardt

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

During their time at Y Combinator, Segment initially applied with a classroom tool idea, but after receiving critical feedback, they shifted focus to analytics tools.

Peter Reinhardt

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

While a good portion of Segment's offerings are open source, the majority of value comes from their hosted version, which saves developers time and simplifies complex data operations for business users.

Ilya Volodarsky

08/01/19

@ Y Combinator

Segment is now free for early-stage startups, providing access to essential tools to help accelerate product-market fit processes.

Peter Reinhardt

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

After realizing their classroom lecture tool was a failure, Segment pivoted to building an analytics tool to compete with existing solutions like Mixpanel and Google Analytics, focusing on advanced segmentation.

Dalton Caldwell

08/30/19

@ Y Combinator

The early market feedback for Segment was decent, as professors liked the product, leading to successful sales despite initial doubts about its potential.

Dalton Caldwell

08/30/19

@ Y Combinator

Segment started as a classroom feedback tool but pivoted to a data collection tool, which became successful due to their expertise in analytics.

Y Combinator Cast

11/27/24

@ Y Combinator

Segment successfully launched their idea on Hacker News, receiving hundreds of votes and comments, which validated their concept.

Y Combinator Cast

04/22/23

@ Y Combinator

Continuously launch and iterate on your product; for instance, Segment started as classroom analytics but pivoted to a backend service after multiple launches.

Ilya Volodarsky

08/01/19

@ Y Combinator

I'm Ilya Volodarsky, co-founder of Segment, and I'm here to discuss how to set up analytics to build your MVP and measure your metrics.