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24 alternatives to How To Start a StartUp - 20: Later Stage Advice

Sam Altman returns to wrap up the 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 - 20: Later Stage Advice launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   How to Start a Startup - 2: Ideas, Products, Teams, and Execution▲7

   Sam Altman gives lecture #2 of this great series

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   How to Start a StartUp - 19: Sales and marketing▲61

   Tyler Bosmeny, Michael Seibel, Qasar Younis, Dalton Caldwell

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Startup Playbook▲16

   Written by Sam Altman

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Startup Playbook▲164

   Written by Sam Altman & Illustrated by Gregory Koberger

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hit Reply – Episode 0: Yet Another Startup Podcast?▲80

   How we went from 0 launches in 5 years to 9 in the last 2

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   How to Build the Future: Mark Zuckerberg▲461

   The first episode in Y Combinator's new podcast series

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Startup Challenge ▲108

   A learning game for Startup Class by Sam Altman

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Startups for the Rest of Us - EP296 - Launching 100 projects in a year▲86

   Talking about product/founder fit.

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Hatching – Launching A New Company!▲71

   A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Tim Ferriss Show - Should you start a ‘startup’ or build a cash-flow business?▲72

    The answer to the question that everyone ask themselves

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Stretch Goals Podcast #3: Corporate to Startup▲54

    How we made the transition from corporate world to startup

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Building The Future: Episode 30 with David Idell▲53

    Building startups, meeting founders, pivoting and hackathons

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hit Reply – Episode 4: Start small▲68

    How to get started at building and launching things

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    YC Startup Class▲230

    A live, one-hour class by Sam Altman on Platzi

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hatching – How do we come up with product ideas▲84

    A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Start Small, Stay Small▲66

    A developer's guide to launching a startup

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sell Personal - #49 - Kyle Porter▲54

    Relaunching a startup and lessons learned along the way

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    EconTalk - Sam Altman▲66

    StartUps, venture capital, and Y Combinator

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    StartUp Podcast: Almost Famous (Season 3, Episode 1)▲127

    The first episode of the new season of StartUp

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Startup Playbook▲22

    Y Combinator's Playbook (by Sam Altman)

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    StartUp Season 4, #4: Part 1: Labels (Dov Charney)▲66

    Built a biz, lost it all and now starting over

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    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 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    How To Start A Startup - Lecture 14: How To Operate (Keith Rabois)▲58

    The priorities of a startup CEO

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Startr▲156

    "Like Airbnb for Uber." Inspiration for your next startup

    2016 · its alternatives →

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