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An exploration of how the business value of a dollar varies depending on the context. “From a startup's perspective, there are three common reas... (2017)
The fund started by an AOL co-founder and an author has attracted a Who’s Who of American business to invest in the heartland’s entrepreneurs. “... (2017)
Some knowledge is so important, everyone assumes everyone already knows it. But they don't, especially in the tech world where things move so fast ... (2017)
You may have heard someone describe a piece of software as being addictive. As in, “I’m so addicted to this balloon-popping game on my phone that I... (2017)
Five years ago, my co-founder Claire McDonnell and I founded True Link Financial, and did two things that that were totally unorthodox for the time... (2017)
Here are four lessons to take from a legendary tech hub. (2017)
I’m shutting down Esper, an enterprise machine learning (ML) startup that I founded 4 years ago. We raised roughly $4M of venture capital and were ... (2017)
Check out the lessons we learned during our bootstrapping journey, and how we turned our startup into a 7-figure business. Nothing is impossible! ... (2017)
This startup stuff is an emotional roller coaster. “I’ve learned. I say “no” to associates. They—along with most VCs—waste founder time. And it’... (2017)
Three years ago this week, Sebastian Thrun recorded his Stanford class on Artificial Intelligence, released it online to a staggering 180,000 stude... (2017)
EUROPE will never create a hub of tech firms and investors to rival Silicon Valley, many experts on entrepreneurship concur. Its markets are still ... (2017)
Although it is a business powerhouse, Germany's economy is dominated by pre-internet companies. Now the country is realizing that if it wants to re... (2017)
With all the craziness in the world going on at the moment, founders and start-up enthusiasts are looking which place is worth moving to. Some peop... (2017)
Three factors that push the country ahead. Reading the headlines, you might think that the most urgent question about national success in innova... (2014)
Creating a company and especially in Germany can be daunting. We will guide you through the whole process of starting your startup and materializin... (2017)
Starting a business in France is an adventure. Ever heard the horror stories of Italian bureaucracy? Well – France has it too! When you go through ... (2017)
You may have heard that PandaScore, our 2 years old start-up, has raised a 2.5M€ seed round led by Alven Capital and other great investors! It’s be... (2017)
The New York Times: “The marketplace for makers had created a distinctive work culture. Then Wall Street showed up. “Etsy was certified as a B ... (2017)
A friend recently asked me for advice about how best to accomplish a tricky task. They were a non-technical co-founder of a startup, looking to bri... (2017)
Daily ideas for what to build next. Startup ideas about: IOT, Technology, medical, foods, agriculture, fintech ... (2017)
Former employees and observers say Mashable is a story of a company that lost its editorial focus, overspent and fumbled its pivot to video. (2017)
Shernaz Daver, the chief marketing officer for Udacity, who company founder Sebastian Thrun credits with architecting the company's dramatic revita... (2017)
The six years I spent building products at Airbnb, scaling the marketplace over 100X, transformed how I understand the work of starting a marketpla... (2017)
Startup ideas aren’t actually a scarce resource. In fact, they’re only becoming more abundant -- as the world moves faster and more new businesses ... (2017)
Indie Hackers, 2017: "Every story that starts with “How I bootstrapped…”, is a happy story. Nobody ever bootstrapped a product to profitability an... (2017)
2017: I co-founded PrepMe in 2001. We were one of the first education companies online and the first purely online, personalized platform. We wer... (2011)
Indie Hackers, 2017: “There is no doubt that Product Hunt is one of the sexiest places for the tech geeks to be. If you have a new app, product, b... (2017)
I cashed out my 401 K, drained my life savings, and set out to make my video game masterpiece a reality. Oh sweet Jesus Christ did I screw up. (2017)
Crunchbase News, 2017: “Public market investors have the luxury of being able to make, invest, and move their money anywhere they’d like. But the ... (2017)
Mark Suster, Both Sides of the Table, 2017: “Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar ... (2017)
Published on Feb 9, 2015 Hear Sam Altman speak about how to get funded by Y Combinator, the danger of some incubators, and other great startup adv... (2017)
Greylock Partners, 2015: "This is session 18 of Technology-enabled Blitzscaling, a Stanford University class taught by Reid Hoffman, John Lilly, A... (2017)
Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt: Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt, and in this interview he talks about building Product Hunt as a non-techn... (2017)
Stanford University: Published on May 31, 2017, Anu Hariharan, Partner at YC Continuity, sits down with Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures an... (2017)
Stanford, Published on Jun 8, 2017, Jess Lee (Partner at Sequoia Capital) and Aaron Harris (Partner at YC) discuss raising money as an early stage ... (2017)
Published on Mar 28, 2017 With the most tech startups and venture capital per capita in the world, Israel has long been hailed as The Startup Nati... (2017)
from Google Developers conference: Google I/O 2011: How to Get Your Startup Idea Funded by Venture Capitalists. Uploaded on May 13, 2011 Don Dod... (2017)
Published on Apr 17, 2014 I have a great idea but need money to make it happen. How do I network with angel investors? Where do I make the connect... (2017)
What does SCALING mean when you're talking about a solution to a social or environmental challenge, versus a more traditional market solution? At @... (2023)
Sierra co-founder Bret Taylor discusses why AI is driving a fundamental shift from subscription-based pricing to outcomes-based models. Learn why t... (2025)
Sequoia Capital partners outline why AI represents a market opportunity at least 10x larger than cloud computing, where startups should focus to wi... (2025)
How to START a STARTUP with Michael Seibel (Reddit, YC, Twitch) Interested in starting a startup? In this video, YC's Michael Seibel shares valu... (2024)
Brian Chesky is the founder and CEO of the roughly $85 billion home-sharing business Airbnb. The company has been around for nearly 20 years and ha... (2024)
In this episode, Manoel Lemos, a managing partner at Redpoint eventures and a key player in Brazil’s startup scene, takes us on a ride through his ... (2024)
Looking to make a healthier-for-you meat snack, friends Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali together put forth $6,500 to launch their "side hustle" back ... (2024)
Justin Gold put his homemade nut butters in Whole Foods, but still couldn't turn a profit. A 2006 mountain-biking ride inspired a new product that ... (2024)
After a chance encounter with two Brazilian women in a New York City bar in 2003 and hearing about the tasty coconut water they missed from back ho... (2024)
In the first episode of the Lightcone Podcast, YC Group Partners dig into everything they have learned working with the top founders building AI st... (2024)
Liquid Death founder and CEO Mike Cessario spent years figuring out how to make water cool. Now his brand is valued at $700 million. After attendin... (2023)
On is a Swiss running shoe company that is the brainchild of Olivier Bernhard, a six-time Ironman champion and former professional triathlete. In j... (2023)
The legendary B Corp Certification claims to be one of the best ways to certify and legitimize a company's intentions. We're wondering... Can we tr... (2023)
This digital twin is turning an area of Milan into Italy's new tech capital. (2023)
Figma just sold to Adobe for $20 BILLION. Figma replaced Photoshop as the dominant design tool, and that’s what made this company so important Adob... (2022)
This is Seth Godin's main stage talk from Craft + Commerce 2017. If you like what you see, learn more and grab tickets to the next Craft + Commerce... (2021)
YouTube - Streamed April 22, 2020 The Black Swan Event: Funding in the time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (2020)
YC Partner and Tutorspree cofounder Aaron Harris on how to cope with founder depression. https://twitter.com/harris *** (2020)
You can’t predict the future, but you can get close by paying attention to the zeitgeist. In this talk from a16z Summit, D’Arcy Coolican shares how... (2019)
YC Partner and Head of Admissions Dalton Caldwell on consuming tech media and being careful to choose things that encourage you to do more. https:/... (2019)
In this lecture, YC Partner Kevin Hale goes over how to package up your idea and communicate it to an investor. He shares his tips on how to craft ... (2019)
YC Partner Kevin Hale walks us through the process of evaluating ideas and how founders should think about their startups... (2019)
Ever wonder if it’s possible to use technology to help make the world a better place? Nancy Lublin, former CEO of DoSomething.org and the founder o... (2019)
Masters of Scale podcast, 2017: “#7 Grit Happens with Crisis Text Line's Nancy Lublin. To succeed, entrepreneurs need a good idea, timing, money, ... (2017)
Listen to this episode from Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify. Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has d... (2024)
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Today I’m talking to some of the best online course creators that I know. So many indie hacke... (2022)
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Today I'm talking to Indie Hacker Brett Williams (@brettfromdj) who has built a $1M ARR agenc... (2022)
Max runs Our World in Data, a small education nonprofit which began the pandemic with just six staff. But since last February his team has supplied... (2021)
Listen to this episode from Decoder with Nilay Patel on Spotify. Nilay Patel talks with Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify. Shopify makes sof... (2021)
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry) has grown ConvertKit from $7M to $27M since I last spoke with him... (2021)
Listen to this episode from Naval on Spotify. Transcript: http://nav.al/matt-ridley (2021)
Which marketplace companies are on a tear and which are locked in close competition? Which categories are poised for growth, and which may make a c... (2021)
Listen to this episode from The Tim Ferriss Show on Spotify. Seth Godin on The Game of Life, The Value of Hacks, and Overcoming Anxiet... (2021)
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Project on Spotify. Seth Godin is the author of 20 bestselling books, founder of altMBA, the Akimbo podca... (2021)
When the founders of WhereBy.Us set out to connect people in their city, they weren't sure where to start. Holding events? Press conferences? Openi... (2021)
Listen to this episode from a16z Podcast on Spotify. There's a few ontologies for describing the phases leaders -- and their startups ... (2020)
Listen to this episode from Indie Hackers on Spotify. At some point, Tara Reed (@TaraReed_) decided that she didn't want to build a funded, sca... (2020)
Listen to this episode from Go For Broke on Spotify. Venture capitalists and tech entrepreneurs chasing big payouts helped inflate the dot-com ... (2020)
When Przemek Chojecki (@prz_chojecki) had had enough of startup failure, he decided to interview successful founders to see what he could learn fro... (2020)
Listen to this episode from The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch on Spotify. Kevin Hartz is Co-Founder & Partner @ ... (2020)
Boom/Bust: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia on The Ringer The live trivia app was once the obsession of the internet, but then it all went wrong ... (2020)
Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) has spent years practicing the art and and studying the science behind building hit viral products. Today he's using ... (2020)
This episode of the a16z Podcast covers the the rise of online platforms that enable people to make a living off their unique interests and skills.... (2020)
Shopify's Tobi Lütke knows the secret to massive scale. It's be a platform. Build a virtuous cycle and you’ll emerge the biggest winner of all. (2020)
Another route to the public markets is the direct listing, recently reinvented for tech companies (with Spotify and Slack so far). This episode of ... (2019)
Looking for startup ideas and trying to find a co-founder? Use this founder dating process and ask these 50 questions. (2019)
Ghyslain Gaillard (@iamghyslain) of Indie London knew that he wanted to be at the heart of the indie startup scene in Europe, but when he couldn’t ... (2019)
Similar to raising money, the best time to sell your startup is when you don’t need to or want to. Paradoxically, you are probably thinking about s... (2019)
A startup accelerator can be a big distraction. Creating a tech company is invariably an around-the-clock endeavor that leaves room for little beyo... (2019)
Seed rounds and Series A are both part of the path for a startup’s success. However, even though these two types of fundraising are different, I se... (2019)
Joe Howard (@josephhhoward) is the founder of WP Buffs, a productized service business in the WordPress space that he bootstrapped from $0 to over ... (2019)
Masters of Scale is an original podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, Co-founder of LinkedIn and Investor at Greylock. The series shows how companies gro... (2019)
What can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scaling a successful business isn’t talent, network, o... (2025)
In this guide, Harnish and his co-authors share practical tools and techniques to help entrepreneurs grow an industry -- dominating business withou... (2025)
Learn to build startups the indie way The indie way of building a startup What's the alternative? How about this: do things yourself and bui... (2024)
From a Stripe and Google executive, a practical guide to company building and scaling the most important resource it has: its people. Having worked... (2023)
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn cofounder, legendary investor, and host of the award-winning Masters of Scale podcast reveals the secret to starting and sca... (2023)
Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way... (2023)
Here is the bestselling guide that created a new game plan for marketing in high-tech industries. Crossing the Chasm has become the bible for bring... (2023)
The inspirational bestseller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our WHY Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that... (2023)
* New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller multiple years running * Translated into 20 languages, with more than half a million copies sol... (2023)
A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or a... (2023)
Now available in paperback—with a new preface and interview with Jessica Livingston about Y Combinator! Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' ... (2023)
First published in 2012, Startup Communities became a blueprint for what it takes to build a supportive entrepreneurial community. Now regarded as ... (2023)
In #GiveFirst, Brad Feld advises entrepreneurs to give before they get. #GiveFirst is essentially the new motto of Techstars, a mentorship-driven s... (2023)
Chris Heivly released Build the Fort: The Startup Community Builder’s Field Guide. I encourage you to get Chris’s book if you are a startup communi... (2023)
Well known technology executive and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high growth tech companies like Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Instacart, Coi... (2022)
A venture capitalist draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, and as an executive at Uber to address ... (2021)
A world-renowned innovation guru explains practices that result in breakthrough innovations "Ulwick's outcome-driven programs bring discipline and ... (2021)
High Growth Handbook book. Read 83 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Well-known technology executive and angel investor Elad ... (2020)
Smoke & Mirrors book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. 'Robots will steal your job!''AI will revolutionise farming!''Geneti... (2020)
START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel-- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies,... (2020)
In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and traili... (2019)
How to Keep Your Strategy Moving as Fast as Your Business - book by Rita Gunther McGrath, and Alex Gourlay Publication Date: June 04, 2013 Ar... (2019)
The Great CEO Within (Formerly: Founder to CEO) How to build a category-killing company from the ground up By Matt Mochary Table of Contents Int... (2018)
Zero to One has 71,775 ratings and 3,509 reviews. Andrew said: Having worked with Peter - and the PayPal mafia more generally - for almost 10 years... (2018)
A lot of people talk about how great it is to start a business, but only Ben Horowitz is brutally honest about how hard it is to run one. In The... (2018)
As Al Ries and Jack Trout—the world-renowned marketing consultants and bestselling authors of Positioning—note, you can build an impressive airplan... (2018)
In Originals the author addresses the challenge of improving the world from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas ... (2018)
Hire, pay, and manage teams in 150+ countries with Deel. Run global payroll, ensure compliance, and streamline HR operations—all on one powerful pl... (2025)
Rippling’s HR software for startups lets you offload critical admin work for payroll, benefits, compliance, IT, and finance, helping your startup g... (2025)
Create a marketplace – fast. Launch today with a full feature set. Grow & extend your platform. Expert support at every step. Get started for free! (2023)
Our Programs Have Helped 1,000+ Cities Grow. Learn how our ecosystem development can help your city plan and launch. (2023)
This calculator will help you determine your startups' growth ceiling. It calculates the CAC and LTV metrics and the growth rates needed to reach t... (2022)
Logojoy is now Looka! Design a Logo, make a website, and create a Brand Identity you’ll love with the power of Artificial Intelligence. 100% free t... (2022)
Create a fundraising-ready startup. Everything from incorporation, banking, and equity management tools in a single place. (2021)
YC’s free online platform for finding a high-quality co-founder. Y Combinator's Co-Founder Matching on Startup School | Startup School - The Best... (2021)
Online Bookkeeping Services for Your Small Business Bench is America’s largest professional bookkeeping service for small businesses. Start a f... (2021)
Set your business up with modern payroll, benefits, and HR. Gusto also manages third party benefits (health, dental, vision) Our plans were b... (2021)
One Word Domains is a collection of available and brandable one-word domains for your next startup idea. Our TLDs include... (2021)
Indiebrands offers the best, original domain names for your startup. Each one is handpicked and ready-to-use with a logo included. (2021)
Turn your Notion pages into fast, functional websites with custom domains, fonts, analytics, and more. (2021)
Add secure user authentication and accept payments on any website. Build a custom SaaS application, sell an online digital service, offer a premium... (2021)
Create memberships on your website for anything you want like courses, video tutorials, member directories, and more while having 100% control over... (2021)
Bring together your website, online courses, memberships, and more to create your own thriving Passion Economy Business. (2021)
Bring together your discussions, memberships, and content. Integrate a thriving community wherever your audience is, all under your own brand. (2021)
Creators deserve to get paid for their work. We make it easy. (2021)
On Republic, anyone can invest in startups. Become an investor in cutting-edge private companies with as little as $10 ✅ (2021)
Ideas on this page are 100% generated by OpenAI's GPT-3. The idea is to give you inspiration to make something cool, if you lack inspiration ri... (2020)
Immigrants create jobs and add massive value to the USA. Explore some startups they've created. (2020)
Recruit users from our audience of over 200,000 vetted consumers and professionals, or bring your own audience and build a participant database for... (2020)
THE BEST FUNDRAISING & ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR SMALL NONPROFITS Flipcause helps growing nonprofits raise more money with fewer resources. Quick ... (2020)
Global community of early-stage startups to access membership benefits including workspace, mentorship and education. (2020)
We are a community of makers who help each other ship products. (2020)
Work Together to Build Profitable Online Businesses Connect with developers who are sharing the strategies and revenue numbers behind their comp... (2020)
Makerlog is the home of the maker community. Share your work, get feedback, and much more. (2020)
Buy Me A Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept one-off support and membership from their fans. (2020)
The best places to live and work remotely for a Digital Nomad, based on cost of living, internet speed, weather and other metrics. For startups tha... (2020)
Create your own website without writing code using only Google Sheets Sheet2Site is a website builder that lets you create your own website with... (2020)
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YC’s Essential Startup Advice By Geoff Ralston and Michael Seibel (2017)
ASU Arizona State University - course syllabus Israel: Startup NationTEM 494/598Summer 2016 (2019)