Build a successful MVP using the YCombinator Strategy.
<p>Many first-time founders (the guy to left of the bell curve) launch quickly and iterate (continue launching quickly). This is the same for the expert founder (the guy to the right of the bell curve).</p>
<p>But the guy in the middle is the “<em>smart founder</em>”. Let’s call him Lenny. Lenny wants to do surveys, raise money, build a team, etc. He wants to do it all. Lenny learns after a while he should have been like the “dumb guys”.</p>
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<p>As a founder, you want to build an MVP, get it to customers, and learn if it helps them or not. Then iterate.</p>
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<p>You only really start learning about your user when you put a product in front of them. Not by doing a 1000 surveys, and gathering a mailing list, or fundraising for half a year.</p>
<p><strong>The amazing thing, your MVP might not even work how you want it to.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Your goal as an early-stage founder:</strong></p>
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