YC always says “talk to users”. I will not promote

YC always says “talk to users” even before building anything. I agree. But I thought it’s “talk to users”, then find one of them to become a design partnership, build alongside them for 2 months, then contract and repeat. But I’m kind of thinking that talking to users before anything, is enough to build an actual solution to their problems, then you can jump straight to paid pilots instead of a 2 months long Deisgn partnership? Would appreciate your opinion on this submitted by /u/Frosty-Telephone-747 [link