My trip to Boston (2) The 7 tips from Y Combinator

During my stay in Boston in June, I've had the great opportunity to meet Jessica Livingston and Paul Graham from Y Combinator.

A fantastic meeting during which they both gave us great comments and tips on how to succeed with your start-up:

1. Start as early as you can.


2. Perseverance is the common point to successful entrepreneurs.


3. A succesful company is a company that just doesn't die. You'll get rich if you just manage not to die (and if you're OK with eating ramen noodles a few months or years if you have to).


4. Just don't die! Most startups die of suicide.


5. Don't pay too much attention to competitors and all the legal stuff. Just develop your product.


6. The VCs from the Silicon Valley don't care that much about how you'll make money, so focus on the product.


7. Guess what? Just focus on the product.