How to Start a Startup

Sam Altman and the folks from Y Combinator offer up an amazing course in "How To Start A Startup" at Stanford. Course includes lectures from: Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz, Paul Graham, Adora Cheung, Peter Thiel, Alex Schultz, Kevin Hale, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Ben Silbermann, Alfred Lin, Patrick and John Collison, Aaron Levie, Reid Hoffman, Keith Rabois, Ben Horowitz, Marissa Mayer, Hosian Rahman, Kirsty Nathoo, Carolynn Levy, and more

How to Start a Startup is a business podcast hosted by Y Combinator and Stanford University: Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz, Paul Graham, Adora Cheung, Peter Thiel, Alex Schultz, Kevin Hale, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Ben Silbermann, Alfred Lin, Patrick and John Collison, Aaron Levie, Reid Hoffman & more, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 81. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Y Combinator and Stanford University: Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz, Paul Graham, Adora Cheung, Peter Thiel, Alex Schultz, Kevin Hale, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Ben Silbermann, Alfred Lin, Patrick and John Collison, Aaron Levie, Reid Hoffman & more hosts How to Start a Startup, a business show with 20 episodes published.

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  Episode #20

  20 - Sam Altman - Later-Stage Advice

  Jan 6, 201648 minS1

  <p>Sam caps off the How to Start a Startup series with things you should ignore when you start, but become important a year in (after product-market fit). Thanks for watching How to Start a Startup. Hope you learned a ton!</p><p></p><p>From YC Startup Class - How to Start a Startup - Stanford CS183B</p><p></p><p>Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-lecture-20-closing-thoughts-and-later-stage-advice-annotated</p><p></p><p>See the slides at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec20/</p><p></p><p>Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64049</p><p>Click to view...

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  Episode #19

  19 - Sales And Marketing, How To Talk To Investors

  Jan 6, 201649 minS1

  <p>Three segments in this lecture:</p><p></p><p>Tyler Bosmeny, founder and CEO of Clever, starts off today's lecture with an overview of the Sales Funnel, and how to get to your first $1 Million.</p><p></p><p>Michael Seibel, founder of Justin.tv and Socialcam and Partner at Y Combinator, then goes over how to talk to investors - the pitch.</p><p></p><p>Dalton Caldwell, founder of imeem and App.net and Partner at Y Combiantor, and Qasar Younis, founder of Talkbin and Partner at Y Combinator, then perform an investor meeting roleplay to give...

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  Episode #18

  18 - Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups

  Jan 6, 201648 minS1

  <p>There's a lot that goes behind the scenes in running a startup. Getting the legal, finance (equity allocation, vesting), accounting, and other overhead right will save you a lot of pain in the long run. Kirsty Nathoo, CFO at Y Combinator, and Carolynn Levy, General Counsel at Y Combinator, cover these very important topics in this lecture.</p><p></p><p>From YC Startup Class - How to Start a Startup - Stanford CS183B</p><p></p><p>Lecture Transcript: genius.com/Kirsty-nathoo-lecture-18-mechanics-legal-finance-hr-etc-annotated</p><p></p><p>See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses...

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  Episode #17

  17 - Hosain Rahman - How to Design Hardware Products

  Jan 6, 201647 minS1

  <p>Hosain Rahman, CEO and Founder of Jawbone, covers the design process for building hardware products users love.</p><p></p><p>Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Hosain-rahman-lecture-17-how-to-build-products-users-love-part-ii-annotated</p><p></p><p>See the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec17/</p><p></p><p>Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64046</p><p>Click to view: show page on Awesound</p>

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  Episode #16

  16 - Emmett Shear - How to Run a User Interview

  Jan 6, 201646 minS1

  <p>Building product, and talking to users. In the early stages of your startup, those are the two things you should focus on.</p><p></p><p>In this lecture, Emmett Shear, Founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Twitch, covers the latter. What can you learn by talking to users that you can’t learn by looking at data? What questions should you ask? How can user interviews define or redefine your product goals?</p><p></p><p>From YC Startup Class - How to Start a Startup - Stanford CS183B</p><p></p><p>Lecture Transcript: tech.ge...

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