Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
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Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
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Re: Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
#2Don't get me wrong I love Sam Altman I love y-combinator but a small part of me is thinking that a good first step to start a startup is to not watch that video and find your own way. Not because it's probably not great but because a startup is not a formula.
Your path is your own.
Re: Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
#3Are transcriptions of these videos going to be provided?
It's much easier for me to consume lectures as text rather than watching the video.
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#4Ycombinator leading the way once again. Looking forward to this!
Re: Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
#5Don't get me wrong I love Sam Altman I love y-combinator but a small part of me is thinking that a good first step to start a startup is to not watch that video and find your own way. Not because it's probably not great but because a startup is not a formula. Your path is your own.
I would imagine this class is not a cookie cutter business plan but rather "here's the challenges startups face and how to approach them." So likely a MOOC form of YC
Re: Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
#6Don't get me wrong I love Sam Altman I love y-combinator but a small part of me is thinking that a good first step to start a startup is to not watch that video and find your own way. Not because it's probably not great but because a startup is not a formula. Your path is your own.
Ironically that's what the first 15 minutes is..."don't start a startup unless it's the best way to accomplish something you want". "don't start a startup unless it feels like an important mission" etc.
Re: Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
#7@3:12: "There are much easier ways of getting rich." Could I get some examples? Thank you!
Re: Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
#8Very interesting lectures and it's great that they are doing this. Both of the speakers could benefit from a public speaking class though.
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#9This seems like a really valuable recruiting tool for YC. Start early at Stanford, groom freshman to have a great mindset and understanding of the fundamentals, fund them and make money.
YC is still a for-profit company, after all.
Re: Lecture 1 – How to Start a Startup [video]
#10"All the advice in this class is geared towards people starting a business where the goal is hyper-growth and eventually building a very large company. Much of it doesn't apply in other cases and I want to warn people up front that if you try to do these things in a lot of big companies or non-startups it won't work."