The key insight we got while working on ProblemHunt 🦄
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The key insight we got while working on ProblemHunt: a startup's success directly depends on the intensity of the pain it solves. Everything else is secondary. This is exactly what Paul Graham (YC founder) meant when he wrote about the importance of solving acute problems, not shallow ones.
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Yes, product quality, marketing, market size, and everything else matter — but only after you've found a strong pain.
As for the proof, there's plenty of it. Most successful startups (Facebook, DoorDash, Dropbox, and others) solved a strong pain for their users.
And Paul Graham's words are generally confirmed by the success of his accelerator, which is ranked #1 in the world — or more precisely, by the results of the startups that went through it.