YC - How to Start a Startup
YC Lecture 1- How to Start a Startup(Sam Altman, Dustin Moskovitz)
This lecture provides an overview of the four key areas needed to maximize the success of a startup: a great idea, a great product, a great team, and great execution....
YC Lecture 2- Team and Execution(Sam Altman)
In this lecture, Sam Altman discusses the importance of finding the right co-founder and team members, as well as the role of the CEO in setting the vision and executing...
YC Lecture 3- Before the Startup(Paul Graham)
In this lecture, Paul Graham discusses the counterintuitive nature of startups and provides advice based on what he would tell his own children. He emphasizes the importance of not always...
YC Lecture 4- Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing(Adora Cheung)
📝 In this lecture, Adora Cheung talks about how to go from zero users to many users in a startup. She shares her insights based on her own mistakes and...
YC Lecture 5- Competition is for Losers(Peter Thiel)
Peter Thiel argues that for a company to be valuable it must create X amount of value for the world and capture Y% of X. He believes that there are...
YC Lecture 6- Growth(Alex Schultz)
This lecture focuses on the importance of retention for growth in a company. It emphasizes the need for a North Star metric and identifying the “magic moment” that keeps users...