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Building at the early stage

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Before we started Linear, Jori and I built another company that was part of the Y Combinator’s Summer 2012 batch. There were a lot of lessons I learned from YC. However, one thing I wish I had understood better was what effective product development looks like. Back then, we knew how to code, design and ship but we didn’t know how to prioritize effectively, set meaningful goals, or keep the momentum up week after week. While at the very beginning this is not that critical. It becomes more when you get to the stage of having a product and user to support. You need some structure to keep making meaningful progress and not going around in circles. We learned some of this as we went through YC, and later over the years working in companies like Coinbase and Airbnb. I wish I had this understanding then and would have been able to focus more on the right things. I often get questions from early-stage founders asking for tips and advice on how to run product development in the early stages. T

Skip to content → Now Practices Building at the early stage Karri Saarinen · January 21, 2021 Before we started Linear, Jori and I built another company that was part of the Y Combinator’s Summer 2012 batch. There were a lot of lessons I learned from YC. However, one thing I wish I had understood better was what effective product development looks like. Back then, we knew how to code, design and ship but we didn’t know how to prioritize effectively, set meaningful goals, or keep the momentum up week after week. While at the very beginning this is not that critical. It becomes more when you get

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