Yes. A YC partner pushed them to "launch launch something, it's okay if it has a bag" — people who need it will tell you what to fix. The mindset shift: "you're never gonna feel ready anyway." Elia's summary: "launching a fast and launching often is the most valuable thing in early."
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The lesson that changed how they built came from YC. The push was "just launch launch something, it's okay if it has a bag, it's not a problem, like people that really need the product they're gonna... scream that they need the bag to be fixed, and it's just a way to iterate with the product." Alessia says they "were really precise" before, but "it's exactly the opposite that you need to do in a startup — you need to be fast and concentrate and prioritize on the most important things based on the feedback." A partner told them "you cannot predict anything, you need data from the real world to be able to understand what you need to build," and "usually you launch and after you understand what you should have built." The reframe: "you need to know that you're never gonna feel ready anyway." Elia's conclusion: "launching a fast and launching often is the most valuable thing in early," and "you really need to learn to be scrappy and to be okay if it's not perfect, has to be good enough."