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About the Book

Sam Altman (Y Combinator) created a class at Stanford in 2014 which covered the stages a startup goes through from idea to growth. Read the advice from the distinguished guest speakers:

  • Paul Graham (Y Combinator)
  • Dustin Moskovitz (Asana)
  • Adora Cheung (Homejoy)
  • Peter Thiel (Founders Fund)
  • Alex Schultz (Facebook)
  • Kevin Hale (Y Combinator)
  • Stanley Tang (DoorDash)
  • Walker Williams (Teespring)
  • Justin Kan (Twitch)
  • Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz)
  • Ron Conway (SV Angel)
  • Parker Conrad (Zenefits)
  • Alfred Lin (Sequoia Capital)
  • Brian Chesky (Airbnb)
  • Patrick Collison (Stripe)
  • John Collison (Stripe)
  • Ben Silbermann (Pinterest)
  • Aaron Levie (Box)
  • Reid Hoffman (Greylock Partners)
  • Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures)
  • Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz)
  • Emmett Shear (Twitch)
  • Hosain Rahman (Jawbone)
  • Kirsty Nathoo (Y Combinator)
  • Carolynn Levy (Y Combinator)
  • Tyler Bosmeny (Clever)
  • Michael Seibel (Y Combinator)
  • Qasar Younis (Y Combinator)
  • Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator)

Topics covered include:

  • Ideas
  • Product
  • Building a team
  • Customer development
  • Culture
  • Legal/accounting
  • Execution
  • Strategy
  • Growth
  • Fund raising

If you can I stongly recomment watching all of the lectures! The advice is inspirational and extremely actionable as you go through the process of starting and growing your own company.

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