Lenny Distilled

Pivot toward expertise, not away from pain

Strategy → Roadmaps & Planning

A good pivot is like going home. It's warmer, it's closer to something that you're an expert at.

Dalton CaldwellLessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more
Supporting

If it's not going well and you're out of ideas, that is usually a good time to pivot. But when you have half a dozen or a dozen really good growth ideas that you haven't tried yet, try them.

Dalton CaldwellLessons from 1,000+ YC startups: Resilience, tar pit ideas, pivoting, more
Supporting

Going from one to two products is hard. Going from two to end is much easier, but going from one to two is hard.

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