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Igor Ryabenkiyleft a comment
Hi Product Hunt! After I released my first book, Adventures in Venture Capital, founders kept asking me: “Okay, now we get how VC works but how do you actually build something great?” This book is my answer: Do less — but with relentless focus. I wish I’d known that as a founder. We built early versions of what later became whole categories: 3D tech, content platforms, chatbots. Every project...

Unicorn FocusA practical playbook for building unicorns
The startup world celebrates "more": more products, more markets, more meetings. Successful founders typically do the opposite. They do less, but with focus. Drawing on decades of experience building companies and backing 10+ unicorns (including Miro, Deel, Turing, and PandaDoc), Unicorn Focus breaks down why most startups stall, what the best founders do differently, and how focus becomes a strategic advantage in the AI era.

Unicorn FocusA practical playbook for building unicorns
Igor Ryabenkiystarted a discussion
What’s the hardest trade-off you've had to make as a founder?
One of the core ideas in my book Unicorn Focus is that progress often comes not from what you do. It comes from what you decide not to do: features you don't ship, markets you don't enter, opportunities you walk away from. Curious to hear from other founders here: What was a decision that felt uncomfortable at the time, but proved right later?
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