CEO & co-founder of AeroFS/Amium, and Part-time partner at YCombinator, Yuri Sagalov joins Moe Abdou to discuss the startup growth process.
Managing The Startup Growth Process
For every one successful startup, thousands more fail – and while there’s no one way to drive an idea forward; there are a core set of principles that can, and often will improve the odds of early success. In this conversation, I am joined by Y Combinator part-time partner and co-founder and CEO of Amium, Yuri Sagalov to discuss the common missteps that trap early stage companies, and the ways in which YC companies overcome them. Here are a few the areas that we explore:
- The process of vetting an idea
- The first six month – aligning priorities and objectives
- Assembling the initial team
- What to do when a team member is not a good fit
- The evolving role of the customer
- The most difficult leadership challenge
- The most common question YC founders ask
- Navigating and networking effectively in Silicon Valley
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