Stanford | How to start a startup - Before the startup
Paul Graham delivers an informative (and highly amusing) talk, addressing counterintuitive parts of startups, in Lecture 3 of How to Start a Startup.
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Stanford | How to start a startup - Building for the enterprise (Aaron Levie)
Aaron Levie - founder of Box, enterprise master, Twitter comedic genius. In this lecture, he'll convince you to Build for the Enterprise.
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Stanford | How to start a startup - Building product, talking to users, and growing (Adora Cheung)
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 S…
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Stanford | How to start a startup - Competition is for loosers (Peter Thiel)
Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal and Palantir, discusses business strategy and monopoly theory in "Competition is For Losers".
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Stanford | How to start a startup - Culture (Brian Chesky, Alfred Lin)
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.
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Stanford | How to start a startup - Growth (Alex Schultz)
Alex Schultz gives an overview of Growth for startups, speaking from a position of authority as the VP of Growth at Facebook.
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Stanford | How to start a startup - Hiring and culture, part 2 (Patrick and John Collison, Ben Silbermann)
Stripe and Pinterest - two companies well known for their strong cultures. The founders - John Collison, Patrick Collison, and Ben Silberman - take Q&A from Sam in part 2 of Hirin…
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Stanford | How to start a startup - How to be a great founder (Reid Hoffman)
So you've learned how to get started, how to raise money, how to build products, and how to grow. Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock Ventures, addresses man…
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Stanford | How to start a startup - How to build products users love (Kevin Hale)
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.
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Stanford | How to start a startup - How to design hardware products (Hosain Rahman)
Hosain Rahman, CEO and Founder of Jawbone, covers the design process for building hardware products users love.
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Stanford | How to start a startup - How to manage (Ben Horowitz)
You are not the only one whom your decisions impact. Ben Horowitz, founder of Andreessen Horowitz and Opsware, discusses this important management perspective that founders miss,…
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Stanford | How to start a startup - How to operate (Keith Rabois)
What should the CEO be doing on a day to day basis? How do you make sure the company is moving in the right direction? Keith Rabois, Partner at Khosla Ventures and former COO of S…
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