Before the Startup with Paul Graham (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 3)

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  • Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
  • How to Start a Startup is a series of video lectures, initially given at Stanford in Fall 2014.
    Lecture Transcript: www.tech.genius.com/Paul-graha...
    Paul Graham delivers an informative (and highly amusing) talk, addressing counterintuitive parts of startups, in Lecture 3 of How to Start a Startup.
    See the readings at www.startupclass.samaltman.com...
    Discuss this lecture: www.startupclass.co/courses/ho...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 119

  • @denzelmosore
    @denzelmosore 5 років тому +85

    Insightful, exciting, focused, fun and inspiring. PG is just great.

  • @MoniCastApp
    @MoniCastApp 2 роки тому +10

    It does not matter when you are listening to this lecture, it will be always relevant and insightful. PG's essays are engaging!

  • @sawaria123
    @sawaria123 2 роки тому

    Voice of Graham itself is soothing. Excellent presentation in a witty way.

  • @surethebest
    @surethebest 3 роки тому +4

    Thank you Paul Graham! So much value in a few minutes. Cheers from Paris

  • @mylesbuckley9675
    @mylesbuckley9675 Рік тому

    His test for "a taste for genuinely interesting problems" is genius. It explains so much.

  • @Kingromstar
    @Kingromstar 2 роки тому +7

    Such great advice.
    1: be a domain expert
    2: be voraciously curious.

  • @brianpeterbroderick
    @brianpeterbroderick 5 років тому +27

    This guy has great vibe. -"I'm self indulgent. I like working on interesting problems."

  • @rhondamthomas6500
    @rhondamthomas6500 4 роки тому +12

    As a start-up founder in the Caribbean this is excellent - content and humor. Wish I can get more of this and more of Paul Graham. Well done.

  • @adamlee9347
    @adamlee9347 5 років тому +11

    PG! I watch this video every threee months

  • @ssamiuddin1
    @ssamiuddin1 3 роки тому +27

    Wise as ever, and a quicker wit than most stand-up comedians! :)

  • @youfi6430
    @youfi6430 5 років тому +3

    Liked it. Very reasonable, focus on developing a great product that people want to use, and make the numbers speak for you! The rest you could worry about it later.

  • @slaveofallah6452
    @slaveofallah6452 3 роки тому +1

    I started a vending machine business last year as a side job while I am employed to a corporate world. Now I rely more on my earnings in my vending machine business.

  • @hyunseoksohn4165
    @hyunseoksohn4165 4 роки тому +67

    Paul GraUhmm

  • @romancandlefight1144
    @romancandlefight1144 Рік тому

    Liked the honesty especially on that last point - startups are essentially firefights against problems and there are huge advantages to hiring people you know and like rather than a "diverse" mix to cover some theoretical blindspots

  • @nimishjha9993
    @nimishjha9993 4 роки тому +24

    "Because there's a lot of people who are really good at seeming likeable for a while. Just wait 'til your interests are opposed and then you'll see."

    • @truezafar
      @truezafar 3 роки тому

      That was a great comment

  • @barbarosozturk
    @barbarosozturk Рік тому

    Absolutely amazing lecture!

  • @PremKumar-zj7ur
    @PremKumar-zj7ur 2 роки тому +4

    Humm..this 48 minutes is better insightful than 2 years of MBA course! Fucking brilliant

  • @devanshrana4564
    @devanshrana4564 3 роки тому +6

    watching this in pandemic in 2020 and 37:44 hit me so hard

  • @margaretcezar1109
    @margaretcezar1109 2 роки тому +2

    He is full of wisdom. I didn't know that good sense of humor can go well together with it. 🤣

  • @pjimenezb
    @pjimenezb 2 роки тому +1

    Paul Graham is pure gold

  • @raymondwilson293
    @raymondwilson293 3 роки тому +2

    i um love this guy! he's so nice.

  • @thomas-sinkala
    @thomas-sinkala 3 роки тому +1

    Educational & fun to listen to.

  • @zink5664
    @zink5664 3 роки тому

    One of my favaourite talks

  • @margaretcezar2413
    @margaretcezar2413 Рік тому

    I love the humms, it comes with a valuable package. 😄😄💗💗

  • @stefan-bayer
    @stefan-bayer Рік тому

    Currently in the progress of starting my own startup with a 3D printed product. After 47 iterations and half an year I hope futur customers will like it.

  • @tradingpsychologist
    @tradingpsychologist Рік тому

    Wish i found this earlier. Amazing video

  • @ozzyfromspace
    @ozzyfromspace 4 роки тому +127

    His ummms are not neutral, you either love it or you hate it 😂

    • @truezafar
      @truezafar 3 роки тому +1

      Love it!

    • @LasVegasSand_s
      @LasVegasSand_s 3 роки тому +2

      you said it lol

    • @davyroger3773
      @davyroger3773 3 роки тому

      Its like Zizek's lisp

    • @neanda
      @neanda 3 роки тому +4

      now that you've said it, i can't stop hearing it, thank you 😠

    • @ozzyfromspace
      @ozzyfromspace 3 роки тому

      @@neanda lol you’re welcome mate 😂

  • @manikagarg9239
    @manikagarg9239 3 роки тому +1

    Content is GREAT so insightful and funny

    • @insideoflife2962
      @insideoflife2962 Рік тому

      i am not agree with you like this
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsEGJhnxNqXEU?feature=share

  • @livia-alicedolle3804
    @livia-alicedolle3804 2 роки тому +2

    so valid even 7y later love it 🙆🏽‍♀️

  • @alanramirez472
    @alanramirez472 3 роки тому +15

    If I got a dollar for every “umm”, I could fund my bioTech startup.
    Btw, we love you Paul!

  • @user-yv7pj4cu9e
    @user-yv7pj4cu9e 4 роки тому +1

    he is honest guy

  • @adamhanninen8295
    @adamhanninen8295 4 місяці тому +1

    Last of the Q&A bit was real

  • @dr.vedantgosavi1936
    @dr.vedantgosavi1936 2 роки тому

    Paul thanks for making me realize my Bullshit Mistakes!
    Really Grateful and Blessed To Have You 💛🙏
    Mastery in understanding users is the secret!
    Everything else comes to you easily

    • @insideoflife2962
      @insideoflife2962 Рік тому

      wow why you are so nasty like this
      ua-cam.com/users/shortsEGJhnxNqXEU?feature=share

  • @jacobrafati4200
    @jacobrafati4200 2 роки тому

    Hi YC! None of the links on description works anymore

  • @usasuteelaxnaporn8557
    @usasuteelaxnaporn8557 3 роки тому

    Haha from Thailand and would welcome anyone to backpack when covid is over!

  • @dimitrijmaslov1209
    @dimitrijmaslov1209 3 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @_johnakinola
    @_johnakinola 2 роки тому +2

    Tried to count how many times he said "Uhm" -- But jokes away, I learnt alot. Build something people want and tell them about it.

    • @petersaikko1085
      @petersaikko1085 2 роки тому

      Very interesting as you mention, of course. Nevertheless the uhm/hm errh etc kind of affected me so much I had difficulties to listen to the lecture. Specially when not watching and only listening. I think it is the US way to talk perhaps.

  • @jpip361
    @jpip361 2 роки тому +2

    36:45 If I was that kid I would have just cried

  • @ourlegacy8894
    @ourlegacy8894 2 місяці тому

    Notice how Graham speaks - feels like he is reading from a script but it's just how clear he thinks

  • @glennrobinson198
    @glennrobinson198 4 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @michaelhirstny
    @michaelhirstny 2 роки тому +1

    My take. Just start something that's interesting to you. You'll know when it's a thing.

  • @eugenioscafati7328
    @eugenioscafati7328 Рік тому

    gold.

  • @ozzyfromspace
    @ozzyfromspace 4 роки тому +9

    I'm working on a pure-tech project, not a startup, & I'm 24 right now. I'm basically living his advice.
    Lol "do things that don't scale". Way ahead of you, Paul 😂

    • @xLightcrystalx
      @xLightcrystalx 2 роки тому +6

      How did it go?

    • @DarthVader-gp4kr
      @DarthVader-gp4kr Рік тому

      @@xLightcrystalx this simple words cause so much pain if the project failed 😂

  • @aleksandra1210
    @aleksandra1210 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this Talk!

  • @aescubed
    @aescubed Рік тому

    "So strangely enough, the optimal thing to do in college if you want to be a successful startup founder is not some new vocational version of college focussed on entrepreneurship, it's the classic version of college - its education for its own sake".

  • @chenjus
    @chenjus 5 років тому +2

    24:20-31:05 Mixed optimization BFS then DFS, or in RL exploration-exploitation tradeoff, or more broadly non-objective-based optimization and objective-based optimization. More people need to read Kenneth Stanley's Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective.

  • @nzsb8438
    @nzsb8438 2 роки тому +1

    Dr. Paul Grahummm

  • @alihabib6621
    @alihabib6621 2 роки тому +1

    Imagine being PG’s kid. You can literally ask anything you want anytime you want.

  • @kireetidannasi2495
    @kireetidannasi2495 2 роки тому

    Startup ideas 24:30

  • @rlhugh
    @rlhugh Рік тому

    "God, this things being recorded. I just realized that!" [holds head in hands].

  • @m.k.s.7417
    @m.k.s.7417 3 роки тому +1

    Could people ('we') =support_ "Indigenous_Australasians"; in business ("Enterprise" etc.) ("Entrepreneurship"/"Entrepreneurialism" etc.) and if so; then how so??
    -(M.K.S.).

  • @tomgrigory367
    @tomgrigory367 3 роки тому

    Oops. Links aren't working.

  • @drugli.official
    @drugli.official 3 роки тому +1

    Podcasting is a business today lol

  • @alanramirez472
    @alanramirez472 3 роки тому

    Maybe you can ask somebody to turn it on

  • @jinettew.3192
    @jinettew.3192 4 роки тому +5

    And he’s wearing ski goggles

  • @soumen_das
    @soumen_das 2 роки тому +1

    Check your browser history and bookmarks. You would know what are you most interested in.

  • @Lee-qj4hk
    @Lee-qj4hk 3 роки тому +4

    I wish I had £1 every time PG says umm

  • @doug2731
    @doug2731 2 роки тому +2

    There was no need to berate the kid who asked about a bubble. Yes, it's off-topic but you're literally talking to old kids/barely grown adults. Cut the dude a break.

  • @morthim
    @morthim 5 років тому +1

    "you don't see running instructor as much as skiing instructor" but you see a running coach more than skiing instructor.

  • @jeromehealy
    @jeromehealy 3 роки тому +4

    I've watched 2 talks from Stanford and in both some guy has been coughing like crazy the whole time. Maybe he should just watch the goddamn talk online too.

  • @simonstclare
    @simonstclare 3 роки тому

    Somebody should made a video just of all those ummms joined together

  • @nicholascimato6088
    @nicholascimato6088 2 роки тому +1

    Hum. Hum. Hum.

  • @chenjus
    @chenjus 5 років тому +1

    7:20 class act. XD

  • @radkhan5233
    @radkhan5233 Рік тому

    aamm

  • @Musicmotivated
    @Musicmotivated Рік тому

    That bubble question. Great question, terrible answer!

  • @mulatto401
    @mulatto401 4 роки тому +7

    Hahummmm

  • @stealthoverflow
    @stealthoverflow 2 роки тому +1

    No one
    PG - "Huhhumm"

  • @stasantokhi6469
    @stasantokhi6469 5 років тому +17

    Uhmmm

  • @jaked5947
    @jaked5947 3 роки тому +2

    His "Uhmm" sounds like he's just revealed a truth that he now regrets sharing.

  • @Doglapan_Pro
    @Doglapan_Pro 21 годину тому

    Snapchat founder is there

  • @subhadeepsarkar4777
    @subhadeepsarkar4777 3 роки тому

    Am I the only one who wants to start a start up but have no real idea?

    • @thequestion3953
      @thequestion3953 2 роки тому

      This whole video is the answer to that problem.
      1. Learn a lot about things that matter (e.g. become good at some technology)
      2. Work on things that stretch you
      3. Work on problems that interest you
      4. With people you like and respect
      5. Learn powerful things
      People interested in tech have an unhealthy obsession with starting a start-up. If you do the things Paul said in this lecture, they may not lead you to a startup but I can guarantee it will lead you to do work you enjoy, with people you like, on world changing ideas, whilst making decent money... start-up or no start-up is a moot point when those things are fulfilled.

  • @doug2731
    @doug2731 2 роки тому

    Hummmm~~~

  • @jmigsan
    @jmigsan 3 роки тому

    :)

  • @laboratoriya
    @laboratoriya 3 роки тому +1

    We have 28 stupids so far.

  • @MB561
    @MB561 2 роки тому +1

    Hummm every 5 seconds? It's hard to listen to despite the good content. How can he not have fixed that by now? This is a rhterorical question for all the dummies out there.

  • @Thejazdhillon1
    @Thejazdhillon1 3 роки тому +3

    Valueable info but his stupid hummmmm’s makes it boring

  • @alphabetter22
    @alphabetter22 2 роки тому

    This is very informative but, Stanford hired this dude to discourage college kids no not start their start up

  • @CrispyBK
    @CrispyBK 3 роки тому

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  • @mustno3
    @mustno3 3 роки тому +1

    Nope ... had to stop because of his stupid hummms

  • @CrispyBK
    @CrispyBK 3 роки тому

    The lucky name commonly mine because sponge metabolically tease through a valuable cloth. curvy, early accordion

  • @MassimoTodaro74
    @MassimoTodaro74 6 років тому +4

    Waaay too much generalization - sorry. In statistic is "Sample Frame Error". For example at 3:02 "I wish we had listened": what about the times you don't listen to an advice and things turn out just fine? Have you accounted for those? Or again how many times you don't really like something about a person but in the end things work out fine? You counting those outputs or just when things go wrong? And, really really sorry, but since I am a runner and you don't seem to be one, you should maybe ask yourself why is it that so many people who were "runners" end up with their knees or backs completely screwed up? because they never thought of having a running coach!! they though that just because they knew how to walk then they could run. There is a LOT of technique that goes into running. The fact that there are not enough running coaches relative to skiing coaches has nothing to do with one being "intuitive" and the other not.