We've cut down the tenth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Ali Rowghani. Ali is a partner at YC. His lecture covers how to lead.
Then a lecture from Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung. Kevin and Adora are both partners at YC. Their lecture breaks down this year’s Startup School by the numbers and they share tips on what helped companies most.
Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.
Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/
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Topics
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Ali Rowghani - How to Lead
1:36 - Ali's background
2:56 - There's no single archetype for a great leader so be yourself
5:16 - Great leaders think and communicate clearly
9:56 - Great leaders have good judgement about people
12:56 - Great leaders have strong personal integrity and commitment
13:46 - The transparency test
14:41 - The best way to measure great leaders is in terms of the amount of trust they engender in the people that work with them
15:21 - The science of trust
16:08 - The art of trust
16:36 - Optimize for trust
17:40 - Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung - Startup School 2019 by the Numbers
19:24 - Startup School grew during the course
20:24 - Did SUS make a difference?
21:14 - 106 SUS companies were accepted into YC
23:17 - How can you replicate their success?
23:44 - Be clear and concise
26:59 - Edit your company description
28:04 - Weekly updates submitted
28:39 - Top 7 biggest obstacles for SUS companies
29:04 - Top 7 KPI movers
29:59 - Top 7 user insights
31:04 - Average startup weeks to launch
31:54 - Average hard tech or biotech startup weeks to launch
32:54 - % of weekly updates from launched startups
33:34 - Group sessions
33:59 - Companies got better at explaining their ideas, selling themselves, and getting others excited
35:09 - Founders like qualitative feedback
36:09 - No shows
37:19 - Morale
37:49 - Technical, launched, full-time, revenue generating, non-flaky, non-solo founder startups that talk to users are happier
41:14 - Summary
#54 - Growth Office Hours: Round 2
#53 - Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom
#52 - Making Physical Retail as Easy as Opening an Online Store - Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston of Bulletin
#51 - There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed
#50 - Growth Office Hours with Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer
#49 - Microbes, Robots, and Ambition - Robin Sloan on His Novel Sourdough
#48 - The Future of Bike Sharing with Ofo Cofounder Yanqi Zhang and Anu Hariharan
#47 - Baidu's COO, Qi Lu Discusses AI with Daniel Gross
#46 - Tencent's Chief eXploration Officer, David Wallerstein on WeChat, QQ, and Gaming
#45 - Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros - OpenAI's Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
#44 - Cindy Mi on Building VIPKID, the World's Largest English Learning Platform for Children
#43 - Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett on Live Video's Struggle for Interestingness
#42 - Robotics and 3D Printing with Voodoo Manufacturing
#41 - Experiments in Art and Technology with Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo
#40 - Content Marketing Tips from Experts at First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
#39 - Mr. Robot's Technical Producer and Writer - Kor Adana
#38 - The More You Communicate with Users, the Higher Chance You'll Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt
#37 - Don't Start a Blog, Start a Cult - Mr. Money Mustache
#36 - Your Whole Goal Is to Not Quit - Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers
#35 - The Technical Challenges of Measuring Gravitational Waves - Rana Adhikari of LIGO
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