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Peter Reinhardt

09/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Segment primarily grows through engineers who bring the product into their companies, often solving complex data pipeline issues.

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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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Y Combinator Cast

05/30/25

@ Y Combinator

Every founder has become a forward deployed engineer, meaning they must work closely with users to understand their needs and workflows.

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Nabeel S. Qureshi

05/11/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

At Palantir, product managers are typically promoted from forward-deployed engineers, ensuring they have firsthand experience with customer needs.

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Patrick Collison

11/05/15

@ Greylock

Engineers at Stripe have strong instincts for building the right products, especially since we primarily build for other engineers.

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Gustaf Alstromer

09/12/18

@ Y Combinator

A growth team typically consists of engineers, data scientists, designers, product managers, and user researchers, and it's essential to have a well-organized team to drive growth effectively.

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Brad Flora

02/13/25

@ Y Combinator

When raising a seed round, it's common for software companies to hire one or two engineers to build their product, but founders should handle sales themselves until they achieve product-market fit.

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Y Combinator Cast

05/30/25

@ Y Combinator

The forward deployed engineer model allows startups to close significant deals with large enterprises by demonstrating innovative solutions that meet customer needs.

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Mark Zuckerberg

08/17/16

@ Y Combinator

I believe that the best way to grow a product is to invest in data infrastructure, allowing you to process experiments and learn from community feedback.

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Y Combinator Cast

06/28/24

@ Y Combinator

Founders who start with a small team often learn to view their company as a product that needs to be engineered, which includes effectively managing people as resources.

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Jared Friedman

11/23/24

@ Y Combinator

As AI and large language models evolve, startups may need to hire more software engineers who understand these technologies to automate processes and drive growth post-product market fit.