# @pooria.arab on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CaichQwObSF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12258823-pooriaarab-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-28T22:45:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pooria Arab (🐝,🐝) (@pooria_arab) — https://gondola.cc/pooria_arab

## Caption

🤪Dumb mistakes I did as a first-time Founder #1: ⁠
Lean Startup Methodology isn't too shabby ⁠
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→ We got excited.⁠
→ We wanted to grow fast before our product was ready. ⁠
→ We failed because our product was something the potential users didn't want.⁠
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Being lean means shipping early, achieving product/market fit by repeatedly trying, and then stay lean until that winning formula is hit. ⁠
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Companies that started using this methodology:⁠
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🟡 Facebook⁠
🟡 Google⁠
🟡 Snap⁠
🟡 Instagram⁠
🟡 YouTube⁠
🟡 Groupon⁠
🟡 DropBox⁠
🟡 TechCrunch⁠
🟡 MailChimp⁠
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It also massively reduces the chance of failure as less cash is being burnt.⁠
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For example:⁠
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It took Airbnb two years of getting it wrong before they finally landed a pretty paltry US$600k investment, after which things began to take off.⁠
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You often hear about the explosive periods of startups. ⁠
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The lean periods tend not to make the headlines.⁠
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👀What mistakes did you make as a founder?⁠
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#startups #startupmistakes #founders #firsttimefounders #leanstartup #PooriaMistakes⁠
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founders, startupmistakes, pooriamistakes, startups, leanstartup, 1, firsttimefounders

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