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YC Partner and Algolia co-founder Nicolas Dessaigne’s advice for founders starting out.

  • Immediate product initiation is expected to lead to the best ideas, whereas delaying the start prevents progress.
  • A fast iteration pace will be achieved by avoiding over-engineering and accepting an initial "crappy, quick and dirty" phase before refactoring critical elements.
  • Valuable insights and direction for the right product depend on direct user interaction and early launches that provide feedback.
  • While successful early launches guide founders to build necessary solutions, failure to launch early carries the risk of low founder visibility in the long term.