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Jared Friedman

11/18/22

@ Y Combinator

A to B, a company that makes fuel cards for truck drivers, successfully identified a startup idea by systematically exploring the trucking industry despite lacking initial expertise.

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How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School

@ Y Combinator

How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School

11/18/22

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Y Combinator Cast

03/09/18

@ Y Combinator

Connecting people with cars to those who need rides is a fundamental idea behind many successful startups.

Kevin Hale

09/13/19

@ Y Combinator

A startup idea is a hypothesis that explains why your company will grow quickly, consisting of three parts: the problem, the solution, and the insight.

Andrew Ng

08/30/23

@ Stanford Online

The startup Bearing AI, which aims to make ships more fuel-efficient using AI, was validated through customer feedback and technical feasibility checks before development.

Jared Friedman

11/18/22

@ Y Combinator

An example of a company that capitalized on a new opportunity is Checker, which provides background checks via an API, addressing the needs of delivery services that require rapid hiring.

Michael Seibel

08/27/22

@ Y Combinator

Many successful Y Combinator companies, like Stripe and PagerDuty, started by selling to other startups, demonstrating that this can be a successful strategy.

Y Combinator Cast

03/09/18

@ Y Combinator

The best companies often have a total addressable market that isn't obvious at first, as seen with Uber's expansion beyond just the taxi market.

Kevin Hale

07/26/19

@ Y Combinator

A startup idea is essentially a hypothesis that needs to be validated through evidence and customer feedback.

Dalton Caldwell

05/10/19

@ Y Combinator

Breck's, a credit card for startups, pivoted from a VR headset idea to a successful business by quickly realizing their initial idea wasn't viable and iterating through multiple concepts.

Y Combinator Cast

11/18/22

@ Y Combinator

Many of the best startup ideas emerge in boring spaces, such as tax accounting software, which may not initially excite founders but can turn into successful businesses over time.