Y Combinator | The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals @ycombinator | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
If you're looking to maximize your startup's potential, start by setting the right goals. Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell provide tips and strategies for setting goals that will help keep you and your new business focused on success—plus provide examples of bad goals to avoid as a startup.

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Chapters (Powered by bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro
00:17 - Setting Goals: The Stupid Games
01:18 - What's a Too Aggressive Goal?
03:35 - What are the Fake Metrics?
05:43 - Stupid Comparatives
08:03 - What is Sandbagging?
09:39 - Why People Screw Up Accomplishing Goals
11:25 - Take The L
12:41 - Excuses
14:29 - Stupid Prizes Companies Win
14:48 - Most Money Raised
16:16 - Most Employees
17:45 - Execution Team
19:33 - Burning Money
21:07 - Acquiring Companies
22:22 - What's the Prizes for Defrauding Your Customers?
24:11 - Become an Amazing Investor