I just re-read this for the first time in years--it needs a re-write. I will try! But first this has inspired me to get to work on the forgotten Part II.
The audio from voxsnap is a nice addition! Hope the re-write includes it too.
Startup Playbook (2015)
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#52This is awesome! I'm Helena Ronis, co-founder and CEO of VoxSnap, the startup that did the audio & player embedded in the post. Feel free to share your feedback with us about the player or audio.
Hi Helana! Really beautiful player, the embedded player looks like it belongs on the page. As a founder, would love to hear your feedback on what you think of Sam Altman's Playbook!
Thanks! I appreciate it. Super happy that you like the player.
As a founder I think the Playbook is mostly on point, I'm curious to see what Sam adds or removes in the re-write. Startups are hard and it takes a lot of persistence and hustle to move the needle in a meaningful way. I love the part in the Intro section "A word of warning about choosing to start a startup: It sucks! One of the most consistent pieces of feedback we get from YC founders is it’s harder than they could have ever imagined, because they didn’t have a framework for the sort of work and intensity a startup entails." Then the follow up line is great "On the other hand, starting a startup is not in fact very risky to your career—if you’re really good at technology, there will be job opportunities if you fail. I personally think the riskier option is having an idea or project you’re really passionate about and working at a safe, easy, unfulfilling job instead." - I totally agree with that, if you have an entrepreneurial character you'll forever regret not taking the chance.
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#53I must admit to seeing the headline and thinking, "oh no, another set of advice that only works for some companies and not others" but actually, it is just enough information to be useful to many small companies but not too much detail to get into "this doesn't work for my company" territory.
The bottom line of a CEO is to make the company successful and to make decisions with conflicting advice but this provides the bit that the best CEOs cannot always know and that is only from experience so I love the ballpark numbers, the common mistakes and the counter-intuitive advice.
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#54I just re-read this for the first time in years--it needs a re-write. I will try! But first this has inspired me to get to work on the forgotten Part II.
That would be deeply appreciated, thanks, Sam! There's generally less great content on the idea/0 to 1 compared to the 1 to n stage imho. I've found work from Michael Seibel, Des Traynor, Mathilde Collin, Brian Balfour and others to have been very helpful for the super early product design thinking stage in addition to the playbook.
would you kindly mind posting some links to these aforementioned works?
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#551. I’ve made an outline of this Playbook on paper, works well to review it monthly/quarterly to refresh knowledge. 2. Many times I shared the Playbook, people failed to consume it. 3. Based on (1+2) idea: to make a short overview of the Playbook. Like those 3-minute hand-drawing YouTube videos. @sama could narrate one and make it as widespread as “Here’s to the crazy ones...” mp3 we all might have, narrated by Steve…
if u reduced it to a nice shareable pdf can u please share a link?
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#56I just re-read this for the first time in years--it needs a re-write. I will try! But first this has inspired me to get to work on the forgotten Part II.
which parts aged least well? what major trends are effecting the content?
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#57I just re-read this for the first time in years--it needs a re-write. I will try! But first this has inspired me to get to work on the forgotten Part II.
Thank you Sam.
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#58And for those of us who are not founders, this is some new material: https://sarahbrownmarketing.com/power-to-the-startup-people-...
Re: Startup Playbook (2015)
#59This is awesome! I'm Helena Ronis, co-founder and CEO of VoxSnap, the startup that did the audio & player embedded in the post. Feel free to share your feedback with us about the player or audio.
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#60Anyone seeking a deeper dive into the legal foundations of startup formation, Clerky's Handbook forms a good companion to this: https://handbook.clerky.com/
I tried to incorporate using clerky, but not sure if I can set the owner of entity a california LLC instead of a person
can you or someone answer this? -Thanks