Educational How to Evaluate Startup Ideas – YCombinator
- 00:00 – Why we’re starting with evaluating ideas
- 1:25 – YC doesn’t just fund companies with traction
- 2:50 – How can I predict if an investor will like my idea?
- 5:15 – A startup idea is a hypothesis
- 6:55 – The problem
- 10:55 – The solution
- 12:35 – The insight
- 14:00 – Founder’s unfair advantage
- 15:00 – Market growing 20% a year
- 15:40 – Product 10x better
- 16:30 – Acquisition model
- 17:55 – Monopoly
- 18:50 – Threshold belief
- 19:10 – Miracle belief
- 20:10 – Example: YC
- 23:20 – Example: Wufoo