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Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or startups?

• anthony_franco 12y ago
  - David Heinmeier Hansson talks about the "secret" to making money online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY
• ConceitedCode 12y ago
  Derek Sivers talks about how ideas don't necessarily have value, but are multipliers of value. This happens to me at least once a week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaBvEO2LYY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaBvEO2LYY
• return0 12y ago
  Peter Thiel's talks are usually more philosophical but interesting.
• josso 12y ago
  For those still in college, I think Zach Holman's talk ”If Only I Knew This Shit in College” is pretty good. He describes why he thinks startups are great, what they allowed him to do, what made him join GitHub, and how to keep improving. http://zachholman.com/talk/if-only-i-knew-this-shit-in-college/ http://zachholman.com/talk/if-only-i-knew-this-shit-in-colle... http://vimeo.com/92087878 http://vimeo.com/92087878
  • bennyg 12y ago
    I think most of this stuff applies if you're in industry as well. Basically the gist is don't be a dick, keep improving, and here's how to tell if you should jump ship or if the company you work for is worth sailing with.
  • compass-seeker 12y ago
    This looks awesome. Added to my plan to watch list! Keeping a playlist going for all these videos.
• refrigerator 12y ago
  Kevin Rose does awesome interviews with startup founders - http://www.foundation.kr http://www.foundation.kr
  • Splendor 12y ago
    Along those lines there's also the Small Empires series that Alexis Ohanian did for The Verge. Here's all 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CE2TphJPgs&list=PLPCxoI2IU3RJnYfqsyzbqXX5bSUH_bUuX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CE2TphJPgs&list=PLPCxoI2IU3...
  • compass-seeker 12y ago
    These videos look great. Bookmarked.
• AbhishekBiswal 12y ago
  Here, all of these : http://startupschool.org/speakers.html http://startupschool.org/speakers.html ( Their Youtube video are linked )
  • compass-seeker 12y ago
    I've already seen a couple of these but I'll be sure to watch the ones I haven't. Thanks
• rdl 12y ago
  The "YC Female Founders Conference" was aimed at females interested in startups, but honestly the videos are applicable to everyone. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5PSIanlQ_x6FApB4cX84aKX https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5PSIanlQ_x6...
• noir_lord 12y ago
  http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspi... Not my usual cup of tea but I watch it once in a while.
• sagargv 12y ago
  Yesterday, I saw Guy Kawasaki's talk on mistakes that entrepreneurs make. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHjgK6p4nrw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHjgK6p4nrw
• architbhise 12y ago
  Aaref Hilaly's keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIsiWro-Iao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIsiWro-Iao Useful for anybody building an enterprise startup that does extensive B2B sales.
• davidw 12y ago
  If you like that kind of thing, both the Business of Software conference and MicroConf put a lot of their videos on line. http://businessofsoftware.org/ http://businessofsoftware.org/ http://www.microconf.com/ http://www.microconf.com/ Personally, I can't stand videos. Way too slow, impossible to scan, and generally an inconvenient way of absorbing information.
  • alain94040 12y ago
    Agreed, which is why I prefer http://mixergy.com http://mixergy.com, it's audio only, easy to listen in the background, and it has a full transcript for quick scanning.
    • davidw 12y ago
      Transcripts are great, but audio suffers from the same problems as video. If you're listening to it in the background, you aren't really listening to it. Try, for instance, listening to your "significant other" in the background while you stare at the screen and then attempt to gauge their opinion of your listening!
• _jss 12y ago
  Personal favorite is listening to Jerry Colonna on This Week in Startups. He talks of trials and tribulations of the startup life, acknowledging the often hidden fact that we're all humans: http://thisweekinstartups.com/jerry-colonna-independent-lifebusiness-coach-former-vc/ http://thisweekinstartups.com/jerry-colonna-independent-life...
• huhtenberg 12y ago
  startup.com is a must watch for anyone day-dreaming of a startup. Not a video though, but an 1.5 hour long documentary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibuiUXOTE4M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibuiUXOTE4M
• guybrushT 12y ago
  2.52 minutes of Alan Watts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UxrdQRODuc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UxrdQRODuc
• Spearchucker 12y ago
  Purpose - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257019/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257019/ While entertaining in its own right, it's interesting because (some people say) the movie somewhat chronicles the history of the Internet Solution (http://www.is.co.za http://www.is.co.za), the South African internet service provider co-founded by Ronnie Apteker and eventually bought by Dimension Data. Ronnie wrote the script for Purpose. He's up there with Elon Musk and Mark Shuttleworth in terms of his impact on the South African tech scene.
• dirtyaura 12y ago
  Eric Wahlfors of Soundcloud telling 4 stories about early phases of Soundcloud and bootstrapping. Especially how they reached their core user base of electronic musicians by (accidentally) organizing the coolest parties in Berlin. http://vimeo.com/11420397 http://vimeo.com/11420397
• armansu 12y ago
  Chamath Palihapitiya (who led the user growth at Facebook and currently the VC at The Social+Capital Partnership) at ThisWeekIn Startups. Very insightful! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHslS0QPMSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHslS0QPMSc
• PointerReaper 12y ago
  For the small startup Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U
  • compass-seeker 12y ago
    The title alone was enough to get me to add it to my playlist.
• natejenkins 12y ago
  5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make by Scott Walker (we made 3 of these): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_vbfiScoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F_vbfiScoA
• cjbarber 12y ago
  This is a fantastic thread. However, as someone else mentioned below, videos are terrible - too hard to scan, and far slower rates of information transfer than text. So, I had an idea. I'm going to pay for transcription of some videos, and will share the transcripts (free, of course). I'm choosing a transcription service now and will try and have the first one within the next 7 days. If this is interesting to you, give me your email to help me validate it and I'll send out the transcripts over email. Videos I'm planning on getting transcribed first: - All of the videos in the OP - A few more Naval videos - A few more Andreessen videos Link to Google Form: http://goo.gl/Hy5ob1 http://goo.gl/Hy5ob1
• userlabs 12y ago
  Xcopy.co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk6P9FU4A48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk6P9FU4A48
• nate 12y ago
  Clayton Christensen's Job to Be Done Analysis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84LymEs67Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84LymEs67Y It's the famous, what do people hire a milkshake for anecdote from his book Innovator's Solution. That thinking has been instrumental in guiding me to make stuff (Draft) that people have really connected to and helped spread like crazy - all because I've spend considerable time studying the jobs people have and then tried to make those jobs simpler. It's such a simple way of thinking about it, and I think people ignore it because it sounds so simple, but then they routinely create products that are small aesthetic variations of someone elses product.
  • livestyle 12y ago
    Agreed 100% Nate. The aha moment really makes customer development make sense.
• andygcook 12y ago
  One of my favorite's is David Cancel's no BS advice for startups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lQ1NBUU_Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lQ1NBUU_Us
• dosh 12y ago
  Fairly recent, but Nate Blecharczyk of airbnb at Startup School 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya0I6oz7q9U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya0I6oz7q9U Great to learn the early days of airbnb and how (great) entrepreneurs persevere through the challenges.
• mvleming 12y ago
  Thank you for posing this question! I'm going to love digging through these videos. Here are mine: From PandoDaily, Fireside Chat With Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yPfxcqEXhE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yPfxcqEXhE From CoinSumm.it, Bitcoin Fireside Chat with Marc Andreessen and Balaji Srinivasan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iir5J6Z3Z1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iir5J6Z3Z1Q From The Lean Startup Conference, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, and Eric Ries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpwSzyqTG0E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpwSzyqTG0E And by far the one that made the biggest impression on me, from PandoDaily, Fireside Chat With Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04gnM57Sow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04gnM57Sow From that interview alone Sophia Amoruso became a huge role model for me.
  • compass-seeker 12y ago
    Thanks for the suggestions. I'm looking forward to watching all of them, especially the Lean Startup Conference talk.
• pirer 12y ago
  Keith Rabois has helped build some of the most important companies in Silicon Valley including PayPal, LinkedIn and Square. This talk shows huge tips quite relevant for startups (the role of a COO, why transparency matters, who to hire and more) - the article: http://firstround.com/article/keith-rabois-on-the-role-of-a-coo-how-to-hire-and-why-transparency-matters http://firstround.com/article/keith-rabois-on-the-role-of-a-... - the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvUtbIy5ts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvUtbIy5ts
• Nikolas0 12y ago
  "Peter Jones How we made our Millions" is a very good one with great lessons. Jones is trying to find out the DNA of an entrepreneur by interviewing two British entrepreneurs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWMmY3xSuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foWMmY3xSuk
• kabisote 12y ago
  Jiro Dreams of Sushi. http://www.magpictures.com/jirodreamsofsushi/ http://www.magpictures.com/jirodreamsofsushi/
• liquimoon 12y ago
  BTW, Harley Finkelstein works for Shopify not Spotify.
• systemtrigger 12y ago
  "Unlearn Your MBA" by David Heineimeier Hansson: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2351 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2351
• patio11 12y ago
  The best talks I've ever heard on the SaaS business which I know are publicly available: http://www.microconf.com/videos-2013.html http://www.microconf.com/videos-2013.html -- no individual hyperlinks but you want the three of them: Rob Walling's, Jason Cohen's, and Erica Douglass'. Jason's is the best if you're pre-product, Rob's if you're in "OK, so the SaaS clearly works, how do I scale it" phase. (There are another few I would recommend from Microconf 2014 but they're not up yet.) Long Slow SaaS Ramp of Death: http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/02/gail-goodman-constant-contact-how-to-negotiate-the-long-slow-saas-ramp-of-death/ http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/02/gail-goodman-constant-... <-- single best talk about running a SaaS business I've ever heard I also like the Mixergy interviews. My favorite ever is Andrew's interview with Team Wufoo. I don't believe it is publicly available anymore, as Mixergy archives are available to paying subscribers only. (Well worth the money, though I have to watch selectively because apparently Andrew can record them faster than I can find downtime to watch/process them.)
  • carrotleads 12y ago
    Thanks for those links. Mixergy's founder has a easy style of interviewing and explaining things.
  • dennisgorelik 12y ago
    Is there a way to download audio files of these Microconf presentations in Vimeo?
    • kawsper 12y ago
      Last time I looked at downloading movies from Microconf, it wasn't possible. I have used the tool youtube-dl (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/) to download movies/sounds from Youtube, Soundcload and Vimeo. Unfortunately, Microconf have marked their videos as embed-only, which you probably need to workaround, the tools I have tried don't work. Edit: Oh, it seems like they have opened up, you can download them with this command: youtube-dl "https://vimeo.com/72140534" https://vimeo.com/72140534"
    • elwell 12y ago
• asaddhamani 12y ago
  This link contains a lot of videos from TED that are relevant to entrepreneurs. http://sujanpatel.com/productivity/23-must-see-ted-talks-for-entrepreneurs/ http://sujanpatel.com/productivity/23-must-see-ted-talks-for...
• hsx 12y ago
  Defintely The User is Drunk by SquareWeave, some developers Melbourne. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2CbbBLVaPk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2CbbBLVaPk
• pirer 12y ago
  I made a YouTube playlist of the videos on this thread, 22 hours! http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9dpcMyX8ls5Ry3hqCbQJnD5zKIpXXny http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9dpcMyX8ls5Ry3hqCbQJ...
  • compass-seeker 12y ago
    Awesome thanks!
  • gberger 12y ago
    Nice! :)
• adamzerner 12y ago
  pg talking about how business is like chess - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDA0t49AaZ4&feature=youtu.be&t=23m10s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDA0t49AaZ4&feature=youtu.be...
• adamzerner 12y ago
  Steve Jobs classic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UvEiSa6_EPA https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UvEi...
  • tommydiaz 12y ago
    This is my go-to video when I need inspiration. Really opened up my mind when I first watched it a couple of years ago.
    • compass-seeker 12y ago
      Just watched this video, very inspiring indeed.
• aaron695 12y ago
  I though 'Riot On!' was funny - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427783/combined http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427783/combined
• joelrunyon 12y ago
  Elon Musk on doing work when you're "not motivated" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOPgM7Sc2VQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOPgM7Sc2VQ
• dirktheman 12y ago
  Doug Engelbart showing the first computer mouse, networking, a word processor, lists, a familiar UI, hypertext, basically all the modern computer stuff. In 1968, mind you! http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html
• pallavkaushish 12y ago
  The awesome talk 'Do what you love(no excuses!)' by Gary Vaynerchuk at TED pumps me up every time I watch it --> http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_vaynerchuk_do_what_you_love_no_excuses http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_vaynerchuk_do_what_you_love_no... It's specially suitable for people who want to start something of their own but aren't able to. Another great TED video is by Larry Smith - 'Why you will fail to have a great career' --> http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_have_a_great_career http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_ha... I love the part when he says, what would you like to have engraved on your tombstone. I always had that feeling but this guy phrased it in words for me.
• i4i 12y ago
  My favorite, because it's so full of great stories, is the Chris Sacca interview with Jason Calacanis on This Week In Startups. Pt.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VOQnK7O2To https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VOQnK7O2To Pt.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK4ezQrTqFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK4ezQrTqFw
• kinj28 12y ago
  I love my collection of videos on app from http://www.bizpunditz.com http://www.bizpunditz.com They have library on entrepreneurship to innovation to strategy...and many more directly from industry leaders You can view the free ones here http://www.bizpunditz.com/Library http://www.bizpunditz.com/Library My personal favourite is http://www.bizpunditz.com/Videos/How-to-build-a-career http://www.bizpunditz.com/Videos/How-to-build-a-career by Tiger Tyagarajan