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How to Start a Startup

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Jan 6, 2016 • 50min

10 - Brian Chesky and Alfred Lin - Culture

Brian Chesky, Founder of Airbnb, and Alfred Lin, Former COO of Zappos and Partner at Sequoia Capital discuss how to build a great company culture.Lecture 10 from YC Startup Class - How to Start a StartupLecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Alfred-lin-lecture-10-company-culture-and-building-a-team-part-i-annotatedSee the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec10/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64039Click to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 50min

09 - Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and Parker Conrad - How to Raise Money

Sam leads a panel Q&A on fundraising in this lecture with Marc Andreessen, Founder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz, Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angel, and Parker Conrad, Founder of Zenefits.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Marc-andreessen-lecture-9-how-to-raise-money-annotatedSee Ron Conway's slide, and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec09/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64038This audio is under Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/Click to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 52min

08 - How to Get Started, Doing Things that Don't Scale, Press

Lecture 8 features 3 speakers:Stanley Tang, Founder of Doordash, covers How to Get Started.Walker Williams, Founder of Teespring, covers Doing things that Don't Scale.Justin Kan, Founder of TwitchTV and Partner at Y Combinator, covers Press.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/William-sydney-walker-lecture-8-doing-things-that-dont-scale-pr-and-how-to-get-started-annotatedSee the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec09/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64037Click to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 48min

07 - Kevin Hale - How to Build Products Users Love

Kevin Hale, Founder of Wufoo and Partner at Y Combinator, explains how to build products that create a passionate user base invested in your startup's success.This is lecture 7 from startupclass.coLinks:Transcript of this speech on genius.comSlides and readingsTechCrunch: WuFoo Exits For $35 Million, After Raising Only $118,000Kevin Hale on twitter: @ilikevestsDiscussion page on startupclass.coClick to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 47min

06 - Alex Schultz - Growth

Alex Schultz gives an overview of Growth for startups, speaking from a position of authority as the VP of Growth at Facebook.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Alex-schultz-lecture-6-growth-annotatedView the readings Alex refers to, his slide deck, at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec06/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64035Click to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 50min

05 - Peter Thiel - Competition is for Losers

Business Strategy and Monopoly TheoryPeter Thiel, founder of Paypal and Palantir, discusses business strategy and monopoly theory in "Competition is For Losers".Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Peter-thiel-lecture-5-business-strategy-and-monopoly-theory-annotated See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec05/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64034Click to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 52min

04 - Adora Cheung - Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing

So you have an idea. How do you go from zero users to many users?Adora Cheung, Founder of Homejoy, covers Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing, in Lecture 4 of How to Start a Startup.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Adora-cheung-lecture-4-building-product-talking-to-users-and-growing-annotatedSee the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec04/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64033Click to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 48min

03 - Paul Graham - Before the Startup

Counterintuitive Parts of Startups, and How to Have IdeasPaul Graham delivers an informative (and highly amusing) talk, addressing counterintuitive parts of startups, in Lecture 3 of How to Start a Startup.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Paul-graham-lecture-3-counterintuitive-parts-of-startups-and-how-to-have-ideas-annotatedSee the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec03/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64032Click to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 46min

02 - Sam Altman - Team and Execution

Sam Altman finishes up "Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution" by covering Team and Execution, in Lecture 2 of How to Start a Startup.Links:Blog post: Stupid Apps and Changing the World by Sam AltmanBlog post: Do things that don't scale by Paul GrahamClick to view: show page on Awesound
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Jan 6, 2016 • 44min

01 - Sam Altman and Dustin Moskovitz - Intro to the course, "How to Start a Startup"

Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-lecture-1-how-to-start-a-startup-annotatedSam Altman, President of Y Combinator, and Dustin Moskovitz, Cofounder of Facebook, Asana, and Good Ventures, kick off the How to Start a Startup Course. Sam covers the first 2 of the 4 Key Areas: Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution; and Dustin discusses Why to Start a Startup.See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec01/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64030This video is under Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/Links:Lecture TranscriptSee the slides and readingsClick to view: show page on Awesound

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