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Don’t start with the product. Start with distribution.
I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the time because distribution is the hardest part of building a company. “Build it and they will come” almost never works. And even if you expect distribution to be hard—it’ll be 10× harder.
If you’re working on this, I’d love to hear from you. Apply to
@speedrun at speedrun.a16z.com.
Applications are now open! Apply at speedrun.a16z.com
Don’t start with the product. Start with distribution.
I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the time because distribution is the hardest part of building a company. “Build it and they will come” almost never works. And even if you expect distribution to be hard—it’ll be 10× harder.
If you’re working on this, I’d love to hear from you. Apply to
@speedrun at speedrun.a16z.com.
