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24 alternatives to Running Through Walls: Let Someone Tell You That You Can’t, and Let That Be Your Fuel

Amanda Kahlow, CEO of 6sense & Brian Ascher, Venrock

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Running Through Walls: Let Someone Tell You That You Can’t, and Let That Be Your Fuel launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Running Through Walls - Good Businesses Pivot Constantly▲54
Russ Fradin, CEO of Dynamic Signal & Brian Ascher
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
2
Running Through Walls - Focus on the Inputs▲68
Gina Bianchini, CEO and founder of Mightybell
2016 · podcasts.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Running Through Walls - #9 - Olympic Gold Medalist Turned CEO on Building a Business▲53
Venrock's Brian Ascher speaks with Vocera CEO Brent Lang
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
4
Talk To Your Fucking Customers! (If You Want To Build A Better B2B Startup)▲171
Actionable advice for B2B Startups by Steli from Close.io
2018 · close.com · its alternatives →
5
Running Through Walls: When Something Scary Happens to You▲54
Grand Rounds CEO Owen Tripp & Venrock partner Bryan Roberts
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
6
Inc Censored: Why Running a Startup Can Feel Like a Knife Fight▲54
Discussion on creative ways leaders deal w/ startup struggle
2016 · inc.com · its alternatives →
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Wallstreetlocal – View investments from America's biggest companies▲299
Hello Hacker News! My name is Anonyo, and I am a seventeen-year-old from Southeast Michigan. This is wallstreetlocal, my passion project for the last year (and a half). I've posted this before, but I've finally open-sourced this entire project, so I thought I'd post it again. Heres the short pitch. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) keeps record of every company in the United States. Companies whose holdings surpass $100 million though, are required to file a special type of form: the 13F form. This form, filed quarterly, discloses the filer's holdings, providing transparency into…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
Call To Action - Julien Smith of Breather: I Was a Thought Leader Before a CEO ▲74
Don't tell people what to do, show them.
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
9
Incorruptible by Eric Ries▲192
Why good companies go bad and how great companies stay great
Jun 2026 · incorruptible.co · its alternatives →
10
Hack the Entrepreneur - How to Become a Bulletproof Entrepreneur ▲72
Dave Asprey talks biohacking, scaling, and funding.
2015 · hacktheentrepreneur.com · its alternatives →
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Why You Should Run Your Business Without Roadmaps▲62
Seeking Wisdom: Lessons to help accelerate your learning.
2016 · overcast.fm · its alternatives →
12
Learning To Say NO - Episode 23: The Secret Power Of Successful Startups▲64
Interview with Steli Efti, CEO & Co-Founder of Close.io
2017 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
13
Running Lean▲144
An exacting strategy for achieving a product/market fit
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Work Smart #26 - Global exec at Houzz and 7x Entrepreneur, Tom Clayton▲62
If you’re going to make the jump, mitigate risk!
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Product People - EP10 - Rob Walling▲81
Find your idea, market your idea
2016 · productpeople.tv · its alternatives →
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Uncommon Stock: Exit Strategy - AMA▲106
Will she survive the deadly journey from garage to IPO?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 143: Lack of urgency - The slow & painful path to startup death▲56
How to instill the right sense of urgency in your team
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works▲66
The systematic method for quickly vetting product ideas
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
19
Hello Tech Pros: Helicopter Bosses and Cash Flow FinTech▲62
Kevin Jean-Charles of Finslide
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
20
Hello Tech Pros: Draw a Line Between Work and Life with Veronica Kirin▲61
How to avoid burnout in entrepreneurship
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
21
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t▲66
There's a mantra that real writers know but beginners don’t.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - The science and incentives behind solar▲62
Lyndon Rive, Tim Draper (Solar City)
2015 · web.stanford.edu · its alternatives →
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This Week in Startups - Ep. 512: Josh Williams on building bridges & tearing down walls▲63
How-to on developing product & doing one thing really well
2015 · thisweekinstartups.com · its alternatives →
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Growth Kung Fu Interview: How do you successfully apply to an accelerator?▲74
Asian Startup Growth Stories and Insights
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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