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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

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10 - Brian Chesky and Alfred Lin - Culture Jan 06, 2016

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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 Startup

Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Alfred-lin-lecture-10-company-culture-and-building-a-team-part-i-annotated

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09 - Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway and Parker Conrad - How to Raise Money Jan 06, 2016

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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-annotated

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08 - How to Get Started, Doing Things that Don't Scale, Press Jan 06, 2016

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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-annotated

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07 - Kevin Hale - How to Build Products Users Love Jan 06, 2016

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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.co

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Transcript of this speech on genius.com

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TechCrunch: WuFoo Exits For $35 Million, After Raising Only $118,000

Kevin Hale on twitter: @ilikevests

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06 - Alex Schultz - Growth Jan 06, 2016

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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-annotated

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05 - Peter Thiel - Competition is for Losers Jan 06, 2016

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Business Strategy and Monopoly Theory

Peter 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

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04 - Adora Cheung - Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing Jan 06, 2016

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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-annotated

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03 - Paul Graham - Before the Startup Jan 06, 2016

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Counterintuitive Parts of Startups, and How to Have Ideas

Paul 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-annotated

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02 - Sam Altman - Team and Execution Jan 06, 2016

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Sam Altman finishes up "Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution" by covering Team and Execution, in Lecture 2 of How to Start a Startup.

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Blog post: Stupid Apps and Changing the World by Sam Altman

Blog post: Do things that don't scale by Paul Graham

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01 - Sam Altman and Dustin Moskovitz - Intro to the course, "How to Start a Startup" Jan 06, 2016

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Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-lecture-1-how-to-start-a-startup-annotated

Sam 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.

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