Michael Seibel - Building Product

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it as practical YC advice on iterating on a product and talking to users.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Y Combinator

Topic

startup product building

Format

lecture

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I don't think you hit product market fit, though. It should be pretty obvious. If you had, and the market was as big as you say, then people would be flocking in just by word of mouth. I would suggest to iterate on product, talk …

• The classic YC advice is "make something people want." This video dives into how that looks in practice: [VIDEO] The guiding principle is simple, but in practice it can be hard and complex.

• Watched this lecture by Michael Seibel to YC in 2018 and thought it was useful. [VIDEO] Thought it could be helpful to keep other founders accountable to build their mvp quickly and get it in front of customers.