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YC

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Hard tech founders must break down their problems into manageable steps to demonstrate their ability to take on risks progressively.

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Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality

@ Y Combinator

Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality

04/12/24

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YC

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Hard tech founders must build a financial viability plan and demonstrate they can achieve technical milestones, even on a smaller scale.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Hard tech founders possess a high clarity of vision for the future of their companies, despite facing tactical risks.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Unlike software companies, hard tech founders often have a concrete vision of the future that they need to prove before running out of resources.

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Jared Friedman

09/20/19

@ Y Combinator

Successful hard-tech founders focus on minimizing the size of each fundraising step, making it easier to achieve milestones necessary for raising the next round of funding.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

A successful strategy for hard tech founders is to present timelines that show how they can achieve results faster and cheaper than traditional companies.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

The best hard tech founders possess a clear vision of the future and understand how to compress timelines to prove commercial viability.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Once hard tech founders shift their mindset to focus on quick, cost-effective progress, they often find success in attracting investment.

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Chad Rigetti

09/30/16

@ Y Combinator

Hard tech startups face unique challenges, including operating in undefined arenas without well-developed supply chains, requiring them to develop all necessary building blocks for their technology.

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Amy Jo Kim

12/30/20

@ Garry Tan

Founders often struggle with the transition from a tech giant mindset to the scrappy approach needed in startups, which requires extreme resourcefulness and thoughtfulness.