Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with co-founder and CEO of Mercury Immad Akhund about the idea of a minimum delightful product in fintech, doing the spreadsheet math on unit economics early on, and how to compete in a category already filled with incumbents. When I first started in 2006, everything was really bad.

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incumbents founder leadership advice 85

Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. We made up for the inefficiencies in the software by giving them good advice on how to optimize their website, and how to get going in social. 10:00 – HubSpot’s first customer.

consulting 51

consulting advice founder peer-to-peer 51

Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

I went to Georgia Tech for my undergrad in Computer Science, and I just found such a supportive community there that it was able to help support my natural interest, but also help me through the hard times. Because computer science is not an easy degree, by any means. It really only takes one. Most people think, “Oh, man.

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peer-to-peer advice creativity opportunity 44