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Dalton Caldwell

04/18/24

@ Lenny's Podcast

The most common reason startups fail is that founders don't talk to customers and fail to find product-market fit.

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Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more | Dalton Caldwell (YC)

@ Lenny's Podcast

Lessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more | Dalton Caldwell (YC)

04/18/24

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Garry Tan

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Elad Gil

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Todd Jackson

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Finding product-market fit is the single most important thing that your startup does in the first three years, yet it's often underexplored and underexplained.

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Paul Buchheit

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Michael Skok

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