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Kevin Hale

03/25/17

@ Y Combinator

In software, first impressions are obvious and companies often focus on them, but the best product creators discover many other memorable first moments.

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How to Build Products Users Love with Kevin Hale (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 7)

@ Y Combinator

How to Build Products Users Love with Kevin Hale (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 7)

03/25/17

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Kevin Hale

03/25/17

@ Y Combinator

First impressions are crucial in any relationship, including with products, because they are the stories we tell over and over again.

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The product is the most important aspect of your company. Start with design, as it's how customers interact with your product and what they see and feel.

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Successful founders remember the names and stories of their first customers, emphasizing the importance of personal connections over impersonal marketing tactics.

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Onboarding is crucial; the first experience users have with your product should quickly demonstrate its value to encourage continued use.

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Michael Seibel

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Startups often prioritize superficial aspects like press and hiring over the fundamental work of getting the product into users' hands and iterating based on feedback.

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It's crucial for Founders to understand that most people do not remember product launches, and initial failures do not define a product's future success.

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Diana Hu

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The first version of a product is unlikely to be the final one, so it's important to push off many features to post-launch and focus on a minimal viable product.

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Adora Cheung

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A common mistake technical founders make is to build products first and then talk to users, which often leads to choosing the least impactful tasks for the week.

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Tikhon Bernstam

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For first-time founders, the only thing that matters is working on your product and finding product-market fit; everything else is a waste of time.