The Three Types of Problems Worth Your Time to Solve
Idea to Startup
English - October 11, 2023 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsBusiness Education customer startup accelerators accelerator business startups entrepreneur entrepreneurship new york entrepreneurs acquisition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today we talk through the three types of problems that deserve a solution. We start off with a few higher level thoughts about problems and startups - specifically around achievement incentives and how some bad early decisions usually can't be salvaged by good decisions later on. Then we talk through Hole Problems, Teleporter Problems, and Status Level Jump Problems.
BylddTackleboxGetting God at the Wrong ThingBad Early Decisions00:40 The Types of Problems Customers Will Solve
01:00 Manhattan in 2007
05:48 Achievement Incentives
06:30 Be Careful What You’re Getting Good At
07:37 Nat Eliason - Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing
08:21 Bad Early Decisions
09:53 Byldd
10:54 Problem Archetype 1: Hole Problems
14:23 Baby Quip
17:04 Problem Archetype 2: Teleporter Problems
19:19 Problem Archetype 3: Status Level Jump