Adding my pivot story to @lennysan's pivot list: Uber for monitoring tasks (2011) — Learned some coding to build a quick prototype. Applied to YC. Lost interest in the problem and went to grad school (proving the point that it's easier to get into Harvard than @ycombinator!)… Tweet added by Yana Welinder @yanatweets

Yana Welinder

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Adding my pivot story to @lennysan 's pivot list: Uber for monitoring tasks (2011) — Learned some coding to build a quick prototype. Applied to YC. Lost interest in the problem and went to grad school (proving the point that it's easier to get into Harvard than @ycombinator !)…

Lenny Rachitsky

@lennysan

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The definitive list of startup pivots Details behind 30+ pivots, including how they knew it was time to pivot, how long it took them to pivot, how they found their new idea, and more

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Sam Waitathu

@waitathuz

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator Overnight success.

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@nihao_sam @lennysan @ycombinator slowly slowly then all at once 😅

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Lina Colucci, PhD

@lina_colucci

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator This is inspiring! Thanks for sharing 🙏

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@lina_colucci @lennysan @ycombinator Thanks Lina! I can't wait to chat about pivots with you :)

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Justin Gordon

@justingordon212

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator Whoa, what a journey, Yana!

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@justingordon212 @lennysan @ycombinator Yep, crazy journey 🚀

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Lenny Rachitsky

@lennysan

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@yanatweets @ycombinator Love this!! Thank you for sharing!

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@lennysan @ycombinator Thanks Lenny! Loooong journey 😅

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Aishwarya Ashok

@aishashok14

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator Great going, Yana! :) Takes me back to our convo wherein we chatted so many things about signals to pivot—especially the IoT-PM take on Kraftful. Adding it for more folks to chime in.

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@aishashok14 @lennysan @ycombinator Yay! Great call.

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Jan Safka

@jansafka

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator Very inspiring. I have to print it out above my office desk to remind me I have to pivot fast. :)

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@jansafka @lennysan @ycombinator Thanks Jan! To be honest, I wish I pivoted faster at times.

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Chuk

@chuk_xyz

1 month

@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator Very inspiring! A consistent theme of successful founders is... tenacity and shots on goal! Seems like you clearly have both! Thanks for sharing

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@chuk_xyz @lennysan @ycombinator Thanks Chuk 🙌

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Henrik

@henrikberggren

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator This is the way ✌️

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Yana Welinder

@yanatweets

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@henrikberggren @lennysan @ycombinator 🙌

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Kelly Burgess

@kscottburgess

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator OMG.

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dan

@santaordanya

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@yanatweets @lennysan @ycombinator Thanks for sharing! How did you get yourself to keep trying? Many would’ve written entrepreneurship off after one failure.

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