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Successful Founders Are OK With Rejection – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the importance of talking to your users, why successful founders are ok with rejection from potential customers, and how protecting your ego by not talking to your users can kill your startup. To create Rookies Mistakes we asked YC founders: Is there a simple fact you wish you knew when you started your company or a rookie mistake you wish you could take back? https://twitter.com/daltonc https://twitter.com/mwseibel Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 - Rookie Mistakes 00:00:36 - Note from YC founder 00:00:59 - Ideas vs Reality 00:01:38 - User surveys 00:02:25 - Charge for it 00:03:20 - AirBnB 00:05:27 - Twitch 00:09:35 - Note from YC founder 00:09:59 - Rejection 00:10:52 - Be scientific 00:13:13 - Note from YC founder 00:13:40 - Real customer 00:14:15 - Sales 00:15:53 - Customer validation 00:17:48 - Trade-off - Employee vs Founder

Dalton CaldwellhostMichael Seibelhost

Jan 11, 202220mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released: January 11, 2022
Duration: 20m
Channel: Y Combinator
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the importance of talking to your users, why successful founders are ok with rejection from potential customers, and how protecting your ego by not talking to your users can kill your startup. To create Rookies Mistakes we asked YC founders: Is there a simple fact you wish you knew when you started your company or a rookie mistake you wish you could take back? https://twitter.com/daltonc https://twitter.com/mwseibel Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 - Rookie Mistakes 00:00:36 - Note from YC founder 00:00:59 - Ideas vs Reality 00:01:38 - User surveys 00:02:25 - Charge for it 00:03:20 - AirBnB 00:05:27 - Twitch 00:09:35 - Note from YC founder 00:09:59 - Rejection 00:10:52 - Be scientific 00:13:13 - Note from YC founder 00:13:40 - Real customer 00:14:15 - Sales 00:15:53 - Customer validation 00:17:48 - Trade-off - Employee vs Founder

SPEAKERS

Dalton Caldwell
host
Y Combinator partner and startup founder; co-host of YC’s founder-advice show Rookie Mistakes.
Michael Seibel
host
Y Combinator partner and startup founder/executive; co-host of Rookie Mistakes and former Twitch/Justin.tv leader.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Y Combinator, featuring Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel, Successful Founders Are OK With Rejection – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel explores founders Must Embrace Rejection and Talk to Real Users Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel say founders should talk to users constantly because their assumptions about what people want are often embarrassingly wrong once reality tests them.

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