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24 alternatives to How to Start a Startup - 2: Ideas, Products, Teams, and Execution

Sam Altman gives lecture #2 of this great series

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How to Start a Startup - 2: Ideas, Products, Teams, and Execution launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
How To Start a StartUp - 20: Later Stage Advice▲10
Sam Altman returns to wrap up the series
2015 · howtostartastartup.co · its alternatives →
2
Sam Altmans Startup Class▲63
Class on How to Start a Startup
2014 · its alternatives →
3
Startup Challenge ▲108
A learning game for Startup Class by Sam Altman
2014 · its alternatives →
4
How To Start A Startup - Lecture 14: How To Operate (Keith Rabois)▲58
The priorities of a startup CEO
2015 · howtostartastartup.co · its alternatives →
5
How to Start a StartUp - 19: Sales and marketing▲61
Tyler Bosmeny, Michael Seibel, Qasar Younis, Dalton Caldwell
2015 · enhancecast.com · its alternatives →
6
Startup Playbook▲164
Written by Sam Altman & Illustrated by Gregory Koberger
2015 · playbook.samaltman.com · its alternatives →
7
How to Build the Future: Mark Zuckerberg▲460
The first episode in Y Combinator's new podcast series
2016 · themacro.com · its alternatives →
8
How To Start A Startup - Paul Graham▲122
Counterintuitive parts of startups, and how to have ideas
2015 · howtostartastartup.co · its alternatives →
9
Start Small, Stay Small▲66
A developer's guide to launching a startup
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
Startup Playbook▲16
Written by Sam Altman
2015 · playbook.samaltman.com · its alternatives →
11
The Startup Equation▲72
A visual guidebook for building your startup
2016 · startupequation.com · its alternatives →
12
Hatching – How do we come up with product ideas▲84
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
13
Lean B2B: Build Products Businesses Want▲70
Practical guide to B2B startups
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Building The Future: Episode 30 with David Idell▲53
Building startups, meeting founders, pivoting and hackathons
2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
15
Making It Right▲76
Product management for a startup world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
CS183B - Startup Class▲382
Stanford class taught by Sam Altman & guest speakers
2014 · its alternatives →
17
Learning To Launch▲228
Stop failing. Start launching.
2016 · learningtolaunch.co · its alternatives →
18
How To Start A Startup ▲343
YC Stanford Class as an Audio Podcast Available on iTunes
2014 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
High Output Management▲158
The bible for startup management
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
20
The Startup Playbook 2nd Edition▲211
Founder-to-founder advice on how to create & build a startup
2020 · startup-playbook.com · its alternatives →
21
YC Startup Class▲230
A live, one-hour class by Sam Altman on Platzi
2015 · platzi.com · its alternatives →
22
Hatching – Launching A New Company!▲71
A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
23
Hit Reply – Episode 4: Start small▲68
How to get started at building and launching things
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
24
How To Start a Startup - Lecture 1: Why To Start A Startup (Sam Altman and Dustin Moskovitz)▲9
Sama Altman, President of YC, kicks off this amazing series…
2015 · howtostartastartup.co · its alternatives →

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