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
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Growth
Lecture 6: Growth Link: How to Start a Startup (You can find notes to the other lectures here.) Alex Schultz (@alexschultz) Growth hacking is just Internet marketing. Great product leads to customers. Retention is the single most important thing for growth. If you don’t have a great product there is no use spending time growing… Continue reading Growth
Business Strategy and Monopoly Theory
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
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
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
Building the Minimum Badass User
Lecture: Building the Minimum Badass User Speaker: Kathy Sierra Link: Business of Software 2012 Have something that is so desirable that people have to have it. Engagement platforms are not the answer in most cases. What we call loyalty is bribery and incentivizing. The world is full of “Great product. Didn’t sell.” The word… Continue reading Building the Minimum Badass User