Michael Seibel is a partner and the CEO of YC. He cofounded Justin.tv, which was in the winter 2007 batch and Socialcam, which was in the winter 2012 batch. https://twitter.com/mwseibel
In this video Michael comments on his essay One Order of Operations for Starting a Startup https://blog.ycombinator.com/one-order-of-operations-for-starting-a-startup/
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon – https://twitter.com/craigcannon
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Topics
00:00 – One Order of Operations for Starting a Startup
1:00 – People aren’t taught how to find ideas
2:40 – Find a particular problem that you’re passionate about
6:15 – Find some friends and brainstorm a solution
8:40 – Build an MVP
11:15 – Two failed orders of operations for starting a startup