YC CEO and Partner Michael Seibel shares his approach to building an MVP and getting the first users as a startup before launch. Startup School is YC's free online program for founders.

Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6f-how-to-plan-an-mvp

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Chapter (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) –
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Talk to users first
1:40 Goal: Start quickly
2:40 Get feedback after launch
4:30 LeanMVP
5:37 Practical examples
8:21 Heavy MVPs
9:33 Product launches are nothing special
11:22 Hacks to quickly create an MVP
12:57 Don't fall in love with your MVP

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