JeanPierreon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Paul Graham and his "no asshole" rule (Interview)”
Never heard him? Not to derive this into some "list of Paul Graham's speaks", but I really suggest to watch link to this video . A good speak, I think.
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Paul Graham at Startup School 08
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- Recommended by 4 people: 4 on Hacker News.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2010 to 2018.
- Presented by Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator
- An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
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Paul Graham argues that being genuinely good, rather than just avoiding evil, provides a powerful strategic advantage for early-stage startups.
Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, speaks at Startup School 08 about how to create a successful startup.Why it's here
4 people recommend thisWhat people say. Highly recommended as a classic talk on startup philosophy, ethics, and the strategic value of doing right by users.
mindcrimeon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Ask HN: What are the best videos to watch about building startups?”
link - (Steve Blank / Eric Ries - part 1) link - (Steve Blank / Eric Ries - part 2) link - (Steve Blank / Eric Ries - part 3) link - (Steve Blank at the Startup Lessons Learned conference) link - (Steve Blank: The Democratization of Entrepreneurship) link - (Alexander Osterwalder speaking @ Google) link - (Eric Ries speaking @ Google) link to this video - (pg at Startup School '08) link - (Peter Norvig at Startup School '08)
darushimoon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Dark Patterns - User Interfaces Designed to Trick People”
…lace where people who feel tricked or duped will have a lower opinion of the company doing the duping. dark patterns have a bad edge to them too--very few of them, when noticed by the user, leave the user actually feeling good about how they were duped. This kinda reminds me of the talk PG gave at 2008 start up school titled "Be Good." ( link or link to this video ) He outlines many ways why it's not merely ethically appropriate to be good, but also a strategically superior approach to running a startup. Ease of use, simplicity, trustworthiness--these are important qualities of a biz's reputation, both internally and in public perception. And Dark patterns tend to harm that reputation. Edit: Addendum…
a_don Hacker News • Recommends
On “Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?”
…] Peter Thiel - On Zero to One (Notes on Starts Ups or How to Build the Future) link Naval Ravikant on Reading, Happiness, Systems for Decision Making, Habits, Honesty and More (Farnam Street podcast) link Josh Wolfe - On "This is who you are up against" podcast link Richard Feynman - Fun to Imagine link Paul Graham - Startup school (2008) link to this video James Burke - Connections (BBC documentary) <No link> Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the Atom (BBC) link Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture link Ken Robinson - Do schools kill creativity? link Paul Stamets on mycology, bioremediation and fungi- Joe Rogan Experience link…
terrymon Hacker News • Mentions
On “The Dream Is Over: Music Labels Have Killed Their Digital Future”
…only thing I think of that comes close was the old version of thesixtyone's marketplace. Are the startups that apply to ycombinator in this area trying to build something outside of the current music ecosystem and failing (and why)? Or is everyone just trying to work with the current system and finding that it isn't feasible/profitable? The talk: link to this video…
jordiggon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Octopart (YC W07) is Joining Altium”
Yesterday I had PG's Startup School 08 video1 on the background and he spoke about them just after being a cockroach and how companies succeed not just by not being evil but by being good. Really happy for them. Great team. 1 link to this video