Make Something People Want! Y Combinator approach to product development
YouTeam, a marketplace for tech teams, is fourth Ukrainian (and first Lviv-based) company backed by the legendary Y Combinator. Yura will introduce the YC perspective on some product fundamentals as well as share insights and hacks learned directly from the successful founders and product experts in the Valley, from companies such as Twitch, Yahoo, Woofoo, AirBnB, Zapier and many more. Second part of the presentation is devoted to YouTeam’s own journey through Y Combinator, during which the team managed to double the conversion and revenue growth.
Agenda:
- How do you know you are solving the right problem
- Who really is your customer - a counterintuitive answer
- How to talk to your customers
- How to define your MVP
- How to setup metrics
- Product Development Cycle by Michael Siebel (Twitch, CEO of YC)
- Pivot or iterate?
- Case study: how YouTeam doubled conversion and growth rate during YC batch
Speaker
Yurij Riphyak Ri, co-founder and Chief Product Officer YouTeam (YC W18)
About the speaker:
Tech entrepreneur, product designer and behavioral economist.
LSE graduate and YC alum.
Advisor, Y Combinator Startup School.
Since 2010 founded 4 startups, with one successful exit. Previously - CEO and co-founder of Hubbub.fm - “Twitter for the voice”. 10+ years of experience in product design and management - with over 20 digital products built and launched.