The 5 things that kill startups after their seed rounds with Michael Seibel, CEO of Y Combinator

[@vishnu439]

Cofounder conflict No product market fit Stalling innovation and product development Treating investor as a boss

[@joeshanahan691]

absolute king

[@davetheman2615]

Michael this is by far one of the best talks, you have given, really hit those areas us start ups struggle with. Many thanks.

[@Sara-eu2sh]

I WISH I listened to this years ago!

[@aravinduk1133]

Thanks a lot, Michael, Our whole startup is referring to the information you provide through youtube videos, especially the one you made which explained what makes the top10% founders, please keep doing this ..it helps a lot of people than anyone can ever imagine.

[@jihoonkang7697]

Totally agree

[@guardiangamerinc.786]

15 min of time well spend , listen now for the second time...Thanks Michael

[@williamkennedy6884]

The knowledge that Michael drops is still relevant today. He know what he is talking about.

[@mbakayaw6124]

this has been greatly humbling and has probably saved me

[@davidpalmer7952]

Amazing. Coming from a non technical background this advice is priceless

[@Eltonlin1998]

So underrated, I recently raised a seed round and have experienced strongly 3 of the problems you mentioned

[@abdurrahmanhalis]

This is pure gold. Thanks

[@communitygearbox5655]

This is brilliant! Appreciate you pointing a finger towards these key problems and how overcome them.

[@thomas-sinkala]

Thank you Michael.

[@carlosfernandes3190]

thanks for sharing Michael!!

[@abdullahalzandani3186]

God bless you Michael.

[@VictorY-mu6zp]

I should have seen this video 3 years ago! Great content

[@DawoodIddris]

This was a great advice. Absolutely practical ❤️

[@sponkmcdonk3898]

Wow. Hitting every point.

[@alexanderlisovoy2125]

Thank you!)

[@pablomaino7005]

Just met you Michael and it was in the perfect time. I'm starting a startup and your video gave me a lot of insights that maybe will change some paths that we had decided. You opened our eyes. Congratulations for the video and for the time you invested sharing those valuable informations. Let's win from the competition right now!

[@JaydenLawson]

That was amazing

[@008loloy]

Thank you very much Michael. You are THE real educator!

[@BM-jt6dv]

This is the most valuable video I have ever watched

[@suelin7278]

Impressive and valuable

[@jleung213]

Very informative, thank you

[@efedegirmenci]

Extraordinary speech! Experience is speaking;

[@user-vs6kc6bk8w]

Thanks Michael

[@bigbanknewyork3655]

Outstanding advice

[@swish6143]

Great insights.

[@monicamanifestor3777]

Michael, I needed to hear what you had to say TODAY! I hope you continue this endeavor and I hope to communicate with you directly soon.

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00:00 Introduction 00:55 Fake product market fit 04:00 Understanding product market fit 06:18 Preventative measures 08:47 Turning investors into bosses 09:59 Causes and signs 11:25 Real KPIs and tracking retention 11:59 Co-founder conflict and relationship debt 13:00 Being ordinary vs being extraordinary 23:05 Access to customer data for all team members 23:55 Product release responsibility for product lead 24:26 Q&A session begins 26:00 Raising more money doesn't guarantee success 27:54 Technical talent and goal setting for startup success 29:02 Customizations for big logo customers 30:11 Focus on customer satisfaction before growth planning 32:04 Key pillars for early-stage recruiting 33:01 Being an underdog and not relying on press coverage 35:12 Being Extraordinary as an Early Stage Startup 36:10 Qualities of Extraordinary Startups 38:55 The Power of Doing Hard Things 41:18 Setting Clear Goals for Early Stage Startups 43:09 Conclusion and Final Advice

[@wafflescheeto]

i loved this

[@AnomalyHQ]

"Know that you're going to be bad hiring" So true!

[@eliaslouw6400]

Hi michael your rock thank you

[@rockinraygibson8590]

Some good advice; logical

[@EveryBudiAmerica]

This has to be the most helpful video by Mr. Seibel that I've seen so far. Thank you, Michael.

[@Saastr]

Glad it was helpful! It was really great. He'll be back at 2023 SaaStrAnnual.com in Sep, too!

[@EveryBudiAmerica]

@@Saastr Great!

[@_ahmettok]

This was cold hard truth

[@brendalai6849]

About extraordinary engineers and how they never say "I've never done it before" - same thing goes for extraordinary cofounders or employees. But the downside for this that you need to be open with mistakes and failures. Especially for engineers, if they are doing something they've never done before, chances are they'll make mistakes, but since they are not intimidated by it they will get back up quickly and do it again.

[@ib_concept]

Thanks. ..

[@vasudevddn98]

I wanna cry

[@shaportov]

💪🏻

[@benholmquist3589]

Common symptom of impending death 😂

[@JinayShah]

He's looking at a different version of slides with all the 4 or 5 or 6 sub points laid out. He should have shared that on the screen, that would make for better retention

[@abhaikollara5811]

Starts at 1:20

[@G44984]

Thanks

[@JackBeNimble-fb1fn]

Building revenue in a startup has a cost (cost of sales) & takes a physical effort from sales people. Hard to do while you're still concept tweaking, but without revenue you have no business. No value.

[@shobhitraj4692]

toooo boring like college lectures 😭😭

[@somyevirmani5428]

Don't watch it then?

[@GiggaBigga976]

Everything this guy says is GOLD🪙🪙🪙