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Brad Flora

03/16/22

@ Y Combinator

Founders often lie to themselves, thinking they are the exception to the advice about launching quickly, which can hinder their progress.

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YC

When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait

@ Y Combinator

When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait

03/16/22

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Y Combinator Cast

02/10/22

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Founders often struggle with unrealistic expectations, believing that once they launch their product, it will immediately succeed, which can lead to disappointment.

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03/16/22

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Founders often know only a small part of the overall story, which can lead to misguided decisions about when to launch their products.

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Dalton Caldwell

05/07/22

@ Y Combinator

Founders often ignore the reality of their startup's potential failure, which is an uncomfortable truth to discuss.

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Garry Tan

06/08/23

@ Y Combinator

Avoiding the truth about your startup's situation can lead to failure; if you lie to yourself, you will ultimately lie to others.

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Paul Graham

03/19/17

@ Y Combinator

Founders often ignore the advice of YC Partners about mistakes they are about to make, and they come back later wishing they had listened.

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04/01/22

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Founders often get caught up in collecting mentors and advisors instead of focusing on building and launching their product, which can lead to a time sink.

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Kat Mañalac

02/10/23

@ Y Combinator

Most founders overthink their first launch, believing they have only one chance to get it right, but launching is a continual process.

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Michael Seibel

08/07/24

@ Y Combinator

When founders receive wrong advice, they create a flawed mental model of the startup world, making it harder for them to unlearn those misconceptions later.

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Garry Tan

04/22/20

@ Garry Tan

Founders fail when they don't try enough things, often getting stuck doing the same thing repeatedly without abandoning proven false hypotheses.