THE VIDEO SHELF · starting a startup
Lecture 1 - How to Start a Startup (Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz)
The opening lecture of the How to Start a Startup course at Stanford, with Sam Altman covering ideas and products and Dustin Moskovitz discussing why to start a startup.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend the series as timeless startup advice from strong speakers, and cite specific points from Altman and Moskovitz.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- YC Root Access
- Topic
- starting a startup
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 9
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Dustin Moskovitz presented that point in the invaluable How to start a startup series - [VIDEO] A good resource when deciding on your future ambitions
karolsputo on Hacker News · 2021-04
In How People Get Rich Now[VIDEO] - How to Start a Startup 2014 by YC & Stanford Amazing set of speakers and pretty timeless advice for starting a startup
dgelks on Hacker News · 2023-01
In Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've ever seen?This lecture series specifically talks about the different problems faced at various stages of scaling, and it includes a lot of reputable people who have actually done it: [LINK] The YC series is of course good too: [VIDEO] I'm not actually qualified to answer your …
robertelder on Hacker News · 2016-08
In Ask HN: I am doing $2M annually as a solopreneur and need your help
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