This is an unofficial list of repeated sayings I have found in my studying of startups. This comes from reading, listening, watching, and working in a YC company. Make something people want. [1, 2, 3] Talk to users. [4, 5] Do things that don’t scale. 6, 7] [ A small number of users that love your product is better than a lot of people that like your product. [4, 8, 9] Be careful with cofounders. [17, 18, 19, 20] Growth solves all problems. [4, 10] Solve your own problems. [2, 11] Release early and iterate. [8, 14, 15] You make what you measure. [8, 15] Be relentlessly resourceful. [13, 16] References by Paul Graham Be Good by Jessica Livingston Jessica Livingston’s Pretty Complete List on How Not To Fail Y-Combinator Motto by Sam Altman Playbook by Adora Cheung How To Start a Startup — Lecture 4: Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing by Paul Graham Do Things that Don’t Scale by Walker Williams, Justin Kan and Stanley Tang How To Start a Startup — Lecture 8: Do Things That Don’t Scale by Paul Graham Startups in 13 sentences by Paul Graham Five Founders by Paul Graham Startup = Growth by Paul Graham Startup Ideas by Paul Graham Relentlessly resourceful by Paul Graham Startup Lessons “ If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” — Reid Hoffman by Sam Altman Value is created by doing by Sam Altman How To Start a Startup — Lecture 2: Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part II by Paul Graham What Startups Are Really Like by Paul Graham The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups by Jessica Livingston Early Stage Startups: The Biggest Killers by Paul Graham What We Look For In Founders Other Resources Y-Combinator Website Y-Combinator Resources The Macro Paul Graham’s Essays Startup School Radio Sam Altman’s Blog How to Start a Startup Stanford Lecture Series Aaron Harris’ Blog is how hackers start their afternoons. We’re a part of the family. We are now and happy to opportunities. Hacker Noon @AMI accepting submissions discuss advertising &sponsorship To learn more, , , or simply, read our about page like/message us on Facebook tweet/DM @HackerNoon. If you enjoyed this story, we recommend reading our and . Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted! latest tech stories trending tech stories

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