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Do Things That Don't Scale

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Lenny’s Podcast113 min

Gustaf Alstromer

Gustaf Alstromer · Mar 2, 2023
Key learnings
  • Hire people who are genuinely excited to build the specific company and screen motivations with culture interviews, as Airbnb did…
  • Startups most often fail because they don't talk to customers and so never find product-market fit; validating with users is the…
  • Expect to contact many prospects (roughly 25 to 50 conversations) to find the early adopters who will actually engage.