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Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by carleverett »

hashfav wrote: post #14
striking wrote: post #13

For the question "What are some of the best books to learn from that you recommend for a young startup founder?", I decided to transcribe the answers. . "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" - http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804... "Republic" - http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Hackett-Classics-Plato/dp/087... (classic, feel free to grab a PDF) "The Principia : Mathematica…

This is great! Do you mind if we add it to the HashFav Page? We will credit you.

You might want to make josu's correction above ^

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by kqr2 »

jkimmel wrote: post #18
striking wrote: post #13

For the question "What are some of the best books to learn from that you recommend for a young startup founder?", I decided to transcribe the answers. . "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" - http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804... "Republic" - http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Hackett-Classics-Plato/dp/087... (classic, feel free to grab a PDF) "The Principia : Mathematica…

Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts) is free through NCBI! Many investigators jokingly refer to it as 'the bible'. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21054/

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like you can read it cover to cover or download it.

  By agreement with the publisher, this book is accessible by 
  the search feature, but cannot be browsed.

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by josu »

striking wrote: post #19
josu wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>"The Art Of War" It actually is "The art of war for lovers" by Connell Cowan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/317214.The_ART_OF_WAR_FO... http://www.amazon.com/The-ART-WAR-FOR-LOVERS/dp/0671000632

Thanks for correcting me. Those blurry frames can be tough.

Yeah, I thought it was the Sun Tzu first too, which could as well be on his list. Thank you for compiling them.

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by abrbhat »

striking wrote: post #13

For the question "What are some of the best books to learn from that you recommend for a young startup founder?", I decided to transcribe the answers. . "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" - http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804... "Republic" - http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Hackett-Classics-Plato/dp/087... (classic, feel free to grab a PDF) "The Principia : Mathematica…

The Art of War one looks more like "The Art of War In The Middle Ages" by C.W.C.Oman

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89265.The_Art_of_War_in_...

http://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Middle-Ages/dp/1481954636/ref=...

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by sama »

abrbhat wrote: post #25
striking wrote: post #13

For the question "What are some of the best books to learn from that you recommend for a young startup founder?", I decided to transcribe the answers. . "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" - http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804... "Republic" - http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Hackett-Classics-Plato/dp/087... (classic, feel free to grab a PDF) "The Principia : Mathematica…

The Art of War one looks more like "The Art of War In The Middle Ages" by C.W.C.Oman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89265.The_Art_of_War_in_... http://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Middle-Ages/dp/1481954636/ref=...

This is correct--art of war in the Middle Ages.

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by misiti3780 »

striking wrote: post #13

For the question "What are some of the best books to learn from that you recommend for a young startup founder?", I decided to transcribe the answers. . "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" - http://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804... "Republic" - http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Hackett-Classics-Plato/dp/087... (classic, feel free to grab a PDF) "The Principia : Mathematica…

im surprised to see Republic in here

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by sama »

pen2l wrote: post #3

> We don't have a PR firm. I do think YC paid for an ad once in 2006 in the Stanford college newspaper, but we don't really do marketing. The thing we rely on most of all is founders we fund telling other people about our program. Really? That answer seems somewhat misleading, I don't know if intentionally. YC's biggest place to advertise is HN. In fact, look below right now -- 'Apply to YC'. In addition to reminders…

I thought about this more and in fairness I think since we don't charge for startup school, female founders conference, etc we should sort of count that as marketing. Though I also honestly believe they are good for the world.

And HN, sort of.

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by oh_sigh »

pen2l wrote: post #3

> We don't have a PR firm. I do think YC paid for an ad once in 2006 in the Stanford college newspaper, but we don't really do marketing. The thing we rely on most of all is founders we fund telling other people about our program. Really? That answer seems somewhat misleading, I don't know if intentionally. YC's biggest place to advertise is HN. In fact, look below right now -- 'Apply to YC'. In addition to reminders…

Didn't PG himself sing the praises of good PR firms during his Viaweb days?

Re: Sam Altman's Twitter AMA

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Post by jkimmel »

kqr2 wrote: post #23
jkimmel wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts) is free through NCBI! Many investigators jokingly refer to it as 'the bible'. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21054/

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like you can read it cover to cover or download it. By agreement with the publisher, this book is accessible by the search feature, but cannot be browsed.

This is true. However, you can get to any topic you want easily using the search feature. A Table of Contents is provided, making front-to-back reading by topic pretty trivial.

I've taken many university courses using this book and managed to read all the required material on NCBI without much effort.

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