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Dec 2022
28m 59s

Avoid These Tempting Startup Ideas

Y Combinator
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Thinking of a new startup idea? Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the types of ideas to stay away from—what we commonly refer to as "tarpit ideas."   
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