#133 - Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale

About this episode

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ilikevests">Kevin Hale</a> is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo.<br><br>Kevin’s on the podcast today to do some Office Hours and talk about this year’s edition of <a href="https://StartupSchool.org.">Startup School</a>.<br><br>If you’d like to sign up or learn more, check out <a href="https://StartupSchool.org">https://StartupSchool.org</a>.<br><br>The YC podcast is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/craigcannon">Craig Cannon</a>.<br><br>Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.<br><br>Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/">https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/</a><a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/"></a><br><br>***<br><br><b>Topics</b><br><br>00:00 - Intro<br><br>00:51 - Stats from Startup School 2018<br><br>2:11 - Updates for Startup School 2019<br><br>8:41 - Sign up at StartupSchool.org<br><br>9:16 - Sean Maina asks - In the early days of Wufoo, how did you give a great customer experience?<br><br>11:56 - Design affordances<br><br>14:11 - Sunil Tej asks - How was Wufoo 10x better than the market when they just got started?<br><br>18:11 - Building an audience before a product<br><br>20:41 - Wufoo's growth<br><br>23:56 - Coming up with the idea for Wufoo<br><br>27:56 - Companies pivoting during YC<br><br>29:26 - Building a product in an unsexy space<br><br>32:56 - Sivaraj Ghanesh asks - How do you know if you've achieved product market fit? Or if your product just isn't noticed yet? <br><br>43:56 - Sivaraj Ghanesh asks - How do you gauge the size of a market? <br><br>46:26 - Tips for Startup School success<br><br>50:41 - Advice on vetting cofounders<br><br>54:11 - Sign up at StartupSchool.org<br></p>