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Y Combinator Startup Podcast

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

How To Get Your First Customers

Jan 14, 2026 · 6m

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When you're starting out, it isn’t enough to just build a minimum viable product. You also need a minimum evolvable product - one that can adapt to the needs of those critical early customers. In this episode of Main Function, YC General Partner Ankit Gupta offers an update to the classic MVP playbook. He’ll outline strategies for getting your first customers, the power of adaptability and how feedback from early users will ultimately shape the future of your product and your company. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs Chapters: 00:00 – The Minimum Evolvable Product 00:46 – Finding the First Believers 01:29 –…