Y Combinator Startup School, "How to Talk to Users"
Y Combinator Startup School, "How to Talk to Users" (Eric Migicovsky, YouTube, ~20 min)
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WEEK 28 · GATE 28: FIRST LOOP AUDIT SOLD
Do one thing.
Then you are ahead.
You have never charged for a side project. That sentence has been true for years, and this week it stops being true. The amount does not matter; the category change does. Think of a musician who played for friends for a decade and then sells the first ticket: the song is the same, the relationship is different, and so is the musician. Scope the audit, agree the price, get half upfront. If it does not close this week…
If you only do one thing this week: the proposal sent
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By Sunday you should be able to say: “Someone paid me for measuring their loop.”
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