early-stage startups

also referred to as: early stage startup · early stage startups

8 statements across 7 episodes · 1 bullish · 6 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jun 21, 2017 by Michael Seibel · across every show →

Everything said about early-stage startups, oldest first

Jun 21, 2017 negative
Opinion
Silicon Valley Favors Two Startup Years Over an MBA
“And I don't know many people in the Valley who would say that you learn more getting an MBA than you learn two years in the grind at an early stage startup.”
Michael Seibel Jun 21, 2017 ▶ 26:08 How Should Business Schools Prepare Students for Startups? – Jeff Bussgang and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
Sep 19, 2018 negative
Insight
Mañalac: Paid influencer marketing is rarely cost-effective for early-stage startups
“A big problem is that influencers often charge you and are expensive. Like, if you get some huge influencer who just loves what you're doing and wants to tweet about you, and that's great, but more often than not, they're gonna charge you and it's not worth, a…”
Kat Mañalac Sep 19, 2018 ▶ 41:52 PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon · Y Combinator
Sep 19, 2018 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mañalac: Most media outlets no longer cover very early-stage startups
“Most media outlets don't cover very early stage startups anymore.”
Kat Mañalac Sep 19, 2018 ▶ 20:31 PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon · Y Combinator
Dec 15, 2022
Insight
Epstein: Early-stage startups should focus exclusively on a single business model
“However, for your purposes, as an early stage startup, you should just have a single business model that you're focused on.”
Aaron Epstein Dec 15, 2022 ▶ 3:04 Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School · Y Combinator
Jan 11, 2023 bearish
Insight
Caldwell: Ex-Google executives join early startups because they underperformed or misunderstood reality
“What usually happens is they either are, either they joined your startup because they're, they weren't doing well. I'm trying to think of a nice way to say it. Either there's a reason they joined your startup and left Google, or they had expectations that you …”
Dalton Caldwell Jan 11, 2023 ▶ 19:10 The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals · Y Combinator
Feb 5, 2023 positive
Insight
The first ten employees at early-stage startups tend to be non-conformists
“The people that tend to like working at the first 10 employees tend to be nonconformist. Right. Cause there's no structure. It's like chaos. So that's like a really good move versus going into like the big tech treadmill.”
Dalton Caldwell Feb 5, 2023 ▶ 15:47 The Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valley · Y Combinator
Jul 25, 2024 negative
Insight
Blomfield: Over-optimizing early pricing is a big mistake for startups
“And just remember, if your company is successful, these initial five, 10 customers you sign up at the start are going to be a tiny, tiny fraction of the revenue you make over the next five years. And so It's more important to start signing deals and getting to…”
Tom Blomfield Jul 25, 2024 ▶ 15:48 How To Price For B2B | Startup School · Y Combinator
Feb 12, 2025 negative
Insight
Flora: Early-stage startups learn nothing from ad-acquired customers
“You don't learn anything when you get a customer from an ad at an early stage.”
Brad Flora Feb 12, 2025 ▶ 18:00 The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup · Y Combinator
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