Lecture 5: Business Strategy and Monopoly Theory Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Peter Thiel (@peterthiel) If you’re starting a company you always want to aim for a monopoly. You always want to avoid competition. A business creates X dollars of value and captures Y% of… Continue reading Business Strategy and Monopoly Theory
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Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing
Lecture 4: Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Adora Cheung (@nolimits) Take advice as good guidance but every business is different. When you start a startup you should have a lot of time to immerse yourself in the problem… Continue reading Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing
Before the Startup
Lecture 3: Before the Startup Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Paul Graham (@paulg) Startups are very counterintuitive. You can’t trust your intuition all of the time. You don’t need people to give you advice that doesn’t surprise you. Work with people you genuinely like… Continue reading Before the Startup
Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part II
Lecture 2: Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part II Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Sam Altman (@sama) As a student trust your instincts to identify if a market is going to be big. One of the hard parts about running a startup is that it… Continue reading Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part II
Welcome, and Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I
Lecture 1: Welcome, and Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Sam Altman (@sama) 30% (of startup knowledge) is pretty generally applicable. You need a great idea, a great product, a great team, and great execution. If you do… Continue reading Welcome, and Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution Part I
Notes on Startup School Europe 2014
Patrick Collison (Stripe) Starting a company with your brother turns out to be a good idea. If you want to get something done go to Buenos Aires. You can create a great company anywhere but you maximize your chances of success by being in the Valley. Anything you’re doing that isn’t building your site or… Continue reading Notes on Startup School Europe 2014
Using Trello To Manage Your Sales Pipeline
There are some amazing CRMs available on the web. A lot of great innovation has happened in that space. Some are specialized to industries and some try to be everything to everyone. Sometimes you don’t need a full CRM. Maybe your sales team is small (or only you) so you don’t need need all of… Continue reading Using Trello To Manage Your Sales Pipeline
Top Eight Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Talks
When my (then) girlfriend (now wife) bought me my first iPod in 2006 I fell in love with podcasts and business podcasts in particular. Many have come and gone over the years but two have remained must listens. EconTalk and Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders. I’ve now listed to nine years of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series.… Continue reading Top Eight Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Talks
Excel Needs to Die
I love Excel. We’ve been buddies since the Windows 3.1 days. It took me through school and well into my work life. I’ve strayed a few times and used Open Office (at home on my Linux desktop) and am finding I’m doing more of my personal projects in Google Drive but I still spend a… Continue reading Excel Needs to Die
Startup School 2014 Notes
Still haven’t been able to make it to a Startup School but I’m very thankful to YC for streaming them live online. So much great content provided by the amazing speakers. Shana Fisher (@shanaglick) High Line Venture Partners and Board Partner, Andreessen Horowitz What is today’s problem that you’re actually going to solve? Go to… Continue reading Startup School 2014 Notes