How to Start a Startup (Y Combinator, 2014 Lectures)

About this course

The famous startup course from Y Combinator, first taught at Stanford in 2014: Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Reid Hoffman, Brian Chesky, Ben Horowitz and other founders and investors on building a startup from the first idea to a large company. Who it's for: aspiring founders, early-stage teams and students interested in entrepreneurship. The lectures are arranged in their original order; one video in the playlist is private on YouTube and is not included. These are the free, official videos of the "How to Start a Startup (2014 Lectures)" playlist from the Y Combinator YouTube channel (youtube.com/@ycombinator). All videos belong to Y Combinator; Sikhami is not affiliated with Y Combinator and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Ideas, products, teams and execution • Building products users love, talking to users and running user interviews • Growth, and doing things that don't scale • Competition and strategy, with Peter Thiel • How to raise money • Hiring, culture, and how to manage and operate a company • Legal and accounting basics for startups • Building for the enterprise, hardware products, and later-stage advice

Course content

1 section · 19 lectures · 15h 26m

1. 1. How to Start a Startup (2014 Lectures)

   • Ideas, Products, Teams, and Execution with Dustin Moskovitz (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 1)44m
   • Team and Execution with Sam Altman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 2)46m
   • Before the Startup with Paul Graham (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 3)48m
   • Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing with Adora Cheung (How to Start a Startup 2014: 4)52m
   • Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5)50m
   • Growth with Alex Schultz (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 6)47m
   • How to Build Products Users Love with Kevin Hale (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 7)48m
   • How to Get Started, Doing Things that Don't Scale, and Press (How to Start a Startup 2014: 8)52m
   • How to Raise Money with Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, and Parker Conrad (HtSaS 2014: 9)50m
   • Culture with Brian Chesky and Alfred Lin (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 10)50m
   • Hiring and Culture with Patrick and John Collison and Ben Silbermann (HtSaS 2014: 11)50m
   • Building for the Enterprise with Aaron Levie (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 12)46m
   • How to Be a Great Founder with Reid Hoffman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 13)49m
   • How to Operate with Keith Rabois (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 14)46m
   • How to Manage with Ben Horowitz (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 15)50m
   • How to Run a User Interview with Emmett Shear (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 16)46m
   • How to Design Hardware Products with Hosain Rahman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 17)47m
   • Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups with Kirsty Nathoo and Carolynn Levy (HtSaS 2014: 18)48m
   • Later Stage Advice with Sam Altman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 20)48m