Pick One Idea and Go Deep

Short summary

YC General Partner Jon Xu argues the perfect startup idea doesn't exist in the abstract—it emerges from commitment and customer depth. Pick one idea, commit fully, and get deep enough to practically run your customer's business. This customer-intimate approach surfaces genuinely better ideas than abstract searching.

• •Perfect startup ideas emerge from deep work with customers, not abstract thinking
• •Commit to one idea ('burn the other boats') rather than juggling multiple concepts
• •Go deep enough to understand your customer's business well enough to run it yourself

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