The Free YC-Startup School Tool Thats Almost Good As BookFace
YC-Startup School has an amazing asset that can jump start a new company, but it’s never clearly explained how to fully utilize it. Yet when correctly leveraged, this tool could be as useful as networking on Y-Combinator’s internal platform, BookFace.
For readers that are new to YC Startup School, the program can be described as a pre-accelerator that teaches the basics of how to build a startup. It gives great learning resources with video and written content, features expert speakers, has discounts to services like Stripe Atlas, and is a step closer to being part of Y-Combinator.
But there is an underutilized tool that Startup School has, and thats is its growth community. In this post I am going to explain why and how to tap into the growth community, leveraging it for your company. I am going to use my startup, BingeWave, as an example.
I’d also recommend reading these two articles to set the mind frame for this post:
A Community Of Early Adopters
As a startup, you need your first users/customers to use your product and give you feedback. By the time you’ve launched, you have: