The highest-value Y Combinator advice isn’t about fundraising, product-market fit, or metrics. It’s this: talk to your users. It sounds simple, but it’s everything. Every feature, every tweak in… | Amir Hanna

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This piece argues that the most valuable startup advice is to talk to users instead of focusing on fundraising or metrics. The product, Parrot, improves because learners directly influence every feature and tweak. That feedback loop helps the app fit into daily life and drives longer sessions, better engagement, and stronger learning outcomes. The post also shares a few operating metrics, including 80K downloads, $1.1M annualized run rate revenue, and $75K in MRR.

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