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Do Things that Don't Scale
July 2013 One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don't. You build something, make it available, and if you've made a better mousetrap, people beat a path to your door as promised. Or they…
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| Jul 14, 2013 | Do Things that Don't Scale by allang | 1,275 | 207 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Do Things That Don't Scale (2013) by bschne | 368 | 113 |
| Aug 8, 2017 | Do Things That Don’t Scale (2013) by js7745 | 209 | 37 |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Do Things that Don't Scale (2013) by panphora | 177 | 31 |
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