Focus on customer needs and experiences to:
- Develop customer empathy
- Identify valuable business opportunities
- Create solutions with strong product-market fit
Garry Tan is president and CEO of Y Combinator, which funds hundreds of companies per year through a web-based application. Tan is also:
- Co-founder, board partner and advisor of Initialized Capital, an early stage venture capital fund
- Co-founder of Posterous, a blog platform acquired by Twitter
In this presentation, Tan shares advice and insights for aspiring entrepreneurs and startup founders that challenges prevailing wisdom.
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Customer Empathy Exercise
