Sandeep Rathi

Interesting fact: When you build in public, you don’t start with zero users. You build with them.

If you can’t explain your startup in one sentence, your customer won’t understand it in one click.

SF has become the Kota for Indian founders. YC is IIT.

Shipping fast is good. Shipping the wrong thing fast is just faster failure.

Consistency beats motivation. Every single time.

How do you answer the question when someone asks it for your startup? Why would someone switch from their current solution to yours?

Revenue is the loudest proof of PMF.

What’s the one thing your product does better than anyone else?

Opportunities don’t come in silence. They come from visibility.

If users aren’t coming back, it’s not a growth problem. It’s a product problem.

Your first 10 users matter more than your first 10,000 impressions.

Fundraising is not validation. Revenue is.

Build in silence if you want control. Build in public if you want leverage.

Your early followers are like your first friends who support you from the start. Your very first users then turn into your biggest champions, cheering you on along the way.

Building in public keeps you accountable. People are watching, so you keep shipping.

What will you do next? You wake up to find a tech giant just announced a "new experimental feature" that is 1:1 exactly what your startup does.

@caleb_friesen Also, add "Feels Like" in this list

Quietly and isn't are as good as em dashes to me now.

If possible, demo your product live in pitches. Avoid screenshots.

AVOID #1 in seed: Overvaluation $8-12M pre-money is the sweet spot Too high = No deal

@kwharrison13 not everyone wants their whole identity to be a company mission.

Sometimes people have other things to work on besides their job. Not everyone has the time to dedicate themselves to a company mission. And that’s okay.

@kwharrison13 @traestephens You're talking about me, Still stuck in this directionless loop.

You’re not unhappy. You lack direction. What @traestephens would call “a good quest.”