Lecture 16: How to Run a User Interview Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Emmett Shear (@eshear) If you’re building something that is just for you then you don’t need to talk to anyone else. Most startups are not just built for the person that is… Continue reading How to Run a User Interview
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How to Manage
Lecture 15: How to Manage Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) When you are making a critical decision you have to understand how it will be interpreted from all points of view. You have to be able to see the decision through… Continue reading How to Manage
How to Operate
Lecture 14: How to Operate Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Keith Rabois (@rabois) People are irrational. Building a company is taking all of the irrational people you know and putting them in one building and living with them for twelve hours a day at… Continue reading How to Operate
How To Be A Great Founder
Lecture 13: How To Be A Great Founder Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) A founder is someone who deals with a ton of different headaches. A competitive edge is super important. It is very hard to tell the difference between madness and… Continue reading How To Be A Great Founder
Building for the Enterprise
Lecture 12: Building for the Enterprise Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Aaron Levie (@levie) In the Internet in 2004 there wasn’t a lot going on. Any market that has a significant change in the underlying raw materials or the enabling factors is about to change… Continue reading Building for the Enterprise
Company Culture and Building a Team, Part II
Lecture 11: Company Culture and Building a Team, Part II Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Patrick Collison (@patrickc) John Collison (@collision) Ben Silbermann (@8en) Run a company based on what you celebrate. (Ben Silbermann) The amount of things you can personally be involved in diminishes… Continue reading Company Culture and Building a Team, Part II
Company Culture and Building a Team, Part I
Lecture 10: Company Culture and Building a Team, Part I Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Alfred Lin (@Alfred_Lin) If you don’t have a good culture in the company you can’t pursue your destiny. Why does it matter? First Principles Alignment Stability Trust Exclusion Retention If… Continue reading Company Culture and Building a Team, Part I
How to Raise Money
Lecture 9: How to Raise Money Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) Ron Conway (@RonConway) Parker Conrad (@parkerconrad) You’ve got to be a communicator and a born leader. (Rob Conway) The venture capital business is 100% a game of outliers. (Marc Andreessen) There… Continue reading How to Raise Money
Doing Things That Don’t Scale
Lecture 8: Doing Things That Don’t Scale Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Stanley Tang (@stanleytang) It is okay to hack things together at the beginning. Do things that don’t scale. Doing things that don’t scale allows you to become an expert in your own business.… Continue reading Doing Things That Don’t Scale
How to Build Products Users Love, Part I
Lecture 7: How to Build Products Users Love, Part I Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Kevin Hale (@ilikevests) Growth is the gap between conversion and churn. The best way to get to a billion dollars is to focus on the value that gets you to… Continue reading How to Build Products Users Love, Part I