How to manage time - by YCombinator

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Based on the following talk.

btw YC is one of the most successful venture capital firms, so they know their stuff.

Here are the action items.

1. Set weekly KPI(Key performance Indicator) goal.

eg. Monthly Recurring Revenue, Words written, Weekly Active Users.

2. Grade tasks based on Impact on the weekly goal.

High (probability of hitting goal)

Medium

Low.

3. Rank tasks based on complexity

Easy (multiple easy tasks in a day)

Medium (1 or 2 days)

Hard (multiple days / more than a week)

4. Write weekly updates consistently

What was your Primary KPI - Actual vs Goal?

Biggest Obstacle to growth?

Tasks accomplished?

Impact and Big learnings?

5. Every month do a review of all weekly reports and analyze.

Are you learning Fast?

Are you predicting Impact well?

What low-value work crept in?

What are the consistent blockers to growth?

Are you completing tasks on time?

Take what the defense gives you.

Even though the day seems lost. The week, far gone. "Take what the defense gives you" What can I do now? The simple things. The low-hanging fruit. Play for tomorrow; maybe things will be different then. Our work is a practice. One bad day us nothing to

Weekly update 5th-10th Oct 26

Was on leave most of this week so updates were bleak Primary KPI - Weeks until launch Actual = 4 , Goal = 4 - Nov 5th I think I had accounted for this so we still should be good for Nov 5th. Secondary KPI - Number of users talked to. Actual = 0 , Goal = 0 Biggest

Weekly update 28-4th Oct 26

Was reflecting on our discussion last week and you were right MRR is not the best metric pre launch.(addressed to accountability partner) I did some "research"(ie watching a yt video lol - from the YC Startup School playlist) They said the pre-launch weekly metrics should be

Time management V2

Scrappy notes based on YC talk. KPIs(Key performance indicators or North Star Metric) Pre launch Example: Weeks until launch or Number of users talked to. Post launch Identify Top KPI - MRR or some revenue-based metric for most startups Identify major bottlenecks or biggest problem. System to move your