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How the first customers actually arrive

10 videos, 4 h 41

10 videos on picking an idea, talking to the people who might pay, and selling before you have a brand. Mostly Y Combinator's own teaching, plus one plan for starting this weekend.

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01
Should You Start A Startup? | Startup School
Y Combinator
Honest about what the job costs before you give up anything for it.
02
How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School
Y Combinator
How to tell a real problem from an idea that only sounds good out loud.
03
How To Talk To Users | Startup School
Y Combinator
Which questions get you the truth about a problem, and which ones flatter you.
04
How to Get Your First Customers | Startup School
Y Combinator
The unglamorous methods that work when nobody has heard of you.
05
How to Get Your First 10 Customers
Y Combinator
Ten by hand, one conversation at a time, with the tactics named.
06
How To Get Your First Users
Y Combinator
Where the first people come from when there is no marketing budget.
07
How To Convert Customers With Cold Emails | Startup School
Y Combinator
What a cold email should contain, line by line, to get an actual reply.
08
Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School
Y Combinator
How to choose a price and a model instead of guessing low and regretting it.
09
The Sales Playbook For Founders | Startup School
Y Combinator
A repeatable sales process for a founder who has never sold anything.
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How To Start A Business In 48 Hours - Noah Kagan
Ali Abdaal – Lifestyle Business Academy
A small business tested in a weekend, on the argument that money answers faster than plans.