Michael Seibel - Building Product

Y Combinator

Why leaders watch it

Practical advice from a YC leader on finding a real problem, building a minimum product and learning from early users.

Y Combinator CEO Michael Seibel lectures at Startup School on building a product people want: identifying the problem, the customer, an MVP and which customers to pursue first.

Takeaways

• Start with a real customer problem
• Ship an MVP quickly
• Talk to users and iterate

Topics: Startups & entrepreneurship, Product leadership

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