How to Start a Startup

20 – Sam Altman – Later-Stage Advice January 6, 2016

48:29

Sam caps off the How to Start a Startup series with things you should ignore when you start, but become important a year in (after product-market fit). Thanks for watching How to Start a Startup. Hope you learned a ton!From…

19 – Sales And Marketing, How To Talk To Investors January 6, 2016

48:50

Three segments in this lecture:Tyler Bosmeny, founder and CEO of Clever, starts off today's lecture with an overview of the Sales Funnel, and how to get to your first $1 Million.Michael Seibel, founder of Justin.tv and Socialcam and Partner at…

18 – Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups January 6, 2016

48:19

There's a lot that goes behind the scenes in running a startup. Getting the legal, finance (equity allocation, vesting), accounting, and other overhead right will save you a lot of pain in the long run. Kirsty Nathoo, CFO at Y…

17 – Hosain Rahman – How to Design Hardware Products January 6, 2016

47:16

Hosain Rahman, CEO and Founder of Jawbone, covers the design process for building hardware products users love.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Hosain-rahman-lecture-17-how-to-build-products-users-love-part-ii-annotatedSee the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec17/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64046Click to view: show page on Awesound

16 – Emmett Shear – How to Run a User Interview January 6, 2016

46:27

Building product, and talking to users. In the early stages of your startup, those are the two things you should focus on.In this lecture, Emmett Shear, Founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Twitch, covers the latter. What can you learn…

15 – Ben Horowitz – How To Manage January 6, 2016

49:43

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, with, of course, the gratuitous rap lyric or two sprinkled in.From YC Startup Class…

14 – Keith Rabois – How to Operate January 6, 2016

46:39

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 Square, tackles the nitty gritty…

13 – Reid Hoffman – How to be a Great Founder January 6, 2016

49:46

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 many of the questions and confusions that might be cropping…

12 – Aaron Levie – Building For The Enterprise January 6, 2016

46:20

Aaron Levie - founder of Box, enterprise master, Twitter comedic genius. In this lecture, he'll convince you to Build for the Enterprise.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Aaron-levie-lecture-12-sales-and-marketing-annotatedSee the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec12/Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64041Click to view: show page on Awesound

11 – John Collison, Patrick Collison and Ben Silberman – Hiring and Culture, Part 2 January 6, 2016

50:37

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 Hiring and Culture.Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Patrick-collison-lecture-11-company-culture-and-building-a-team-part-ii-annotatedSee the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec11/Discuss…