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Doing YC:
Things we learned
Bjoern Zinssmeister & Matthias Kadenbach
Founders of Templarbit
Figure out a personal plan for
finances
Work on something you're
passionate about
Don’t wait, start today,
nobody is holding you back
Make something people want
Handhold your early customers,
don’t worry about scale
Write code - talk to users
All startups are broken
Startups = Growth
Don't hire until you have product
market fit
Ignore your competitors in the
early phase
Raising money is not success
Invest into your co-founder
relationship
Sleep and exercise
Celebrate all wins,
even small ones
Thank you

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