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In conversation with Mauro Battellini, Startup PR Dude at Black Unicorn PR.

Q&A With Mauro Battellini, Startup PR Dude at Black Unicorn PR

One of the (many) hard things about doing a startup is figuring out what that MVP should be. You are trading off between presenting something that is “good” enough that it gets people excited to use (or invest in) you and getting something done fast. In this article, we explore how we wrestled with this trade-off. Specifically, we explore our decisions around how to use Singer to bootstrap our MVP. It is something we get tons of questions about, and it was hard for us to figure out ourselves!

Why and How We Used Singer to Bootstrap Our MVP

The month of May has been a fairly crazy one. It started out like any other, with me trying to come up with a decent, catchy name for my latest side project that still had an available domain name associated with it. Since it was a tech-related startup, I was considering top-level domains (TLDs) like .ai, .io, .co, and .com.

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Y Combinator shouldn’t need any presentation, but just in case, let me give a quick intro.   

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Quantifying YC’s “Make something people want”

Social <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/skills" target="_blank">skills</a> are one of the most important determinants of success in life, especially for <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startup" target="_blank">startup</a> founders.

How can founders improve their social skills?

This week was the first week of <a href="https://www.startupschool.org/" target="_blank">Startup School</a>, a 12-week course offered by Y Combinator. The goal behind the online course, according to its website is:

Thoughts on YC’s Startup School — Part 1

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“I’ve got 20 minutes before I need to present so I would appreciate it if you could take me on an abbreviated tour of Carthage ” I told the cab driver in Tunisia.

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Y Combinator reignited the conversation about the role of accelerator programs after publishing some <a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/getting-into-y-combinator" target="_blank">interesting findings</a> about how applicants that have previously participated in another accelerator are less successful when applying to YC’s programs.

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Q&A With Mauro Battellini, Startup PR Dude at Black Unicorn PR

Why and How We Used Singer to Bootstrap Our MVP

How A Week-Long Project Took Me To #2 On Product Hunt and The Front Page of Hacker News

The 10 Things I’ve Learned Attending Y Combinator Startup School 2020

Quantifying YC’s “Make something people want”

How can founders improve their social skills?

Thoughts on YC’s Startup School — Part 1

Fuck it, Ship it.

What you need to know about investing in North African startups

The startup world has matured. It’s time for most accelerators to go.

Life hacks/anti life hacks

Simple Steps to Improve Your Startup's Unit Economics and Reduce Costs

About Scaling a Startup and Growing a Dedicated Fully-Remote Software Team [SaaS Unbound Podcast]

Painkillers, Vitamins, or Dopamine - Which One is Your Startup, and What Strategy Should You Choose?

Step-by-Step Guide on How to Define Your Startup MVP and Save Time and Money

Anti-Notion: How to Manage a U.S. Relocation, a Startup, and a Divorce from a Single Google Doc

The Discovery Gap: Why ChatGPT Knows Your Startup But Won't Recommend It

Smarter Spend, Fewer Regrets: How AI Changes Startup Marketing Decisions

SeaTunnel Zeta Engine Startup Walkthrough (Master, Worker, Hybrid)

10 AI Marketing Strategies for Startups in 2026

Startups, Here’s Everything You (Probably) Missed This Year

Fat AI Startups: The 2026 Growth Blueprint for the Post-AI Era

When Code Becomes Family: Building a Startup With My Brother From Scratch

The Communication Habits That Help Startups Build Real Authority

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