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24 alternatives to Smart People Should Build Things - Founder Fireside Chats from San Antonio Startup Week

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Smart People Should Build Things - Founder Fireside Chats from San Antonio Startup Week launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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#Startup Chat▲357
The global startup community, on Slack
2014 · its alternatives →
2
Great F*cking Startup Advice▲336
Strongly worded suggestions for startup founders
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Startup Quote▲239
Awesome founders provide wisdom about making things
2014 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Evan Brandoff & Zubin Teherani, Co-Founders of LeagueSide▲63
On connecting youth sports teams with corporate sponsors
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat Podcast▲233
Hiten and Steli's unfiltered insights and actionable advice.
2015 · its alternatives →
6
StartUp Podcast: Almost Famous (Season 3, Episode 1)▲127
The first episode of the new season of StartUp
2016 · its alternatives →
7
The Failory Podcast▲199
Candid talks with failed startup founders
2020 · its alternatives →
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Founder Chats: Spencer Fry (Coach)▲66
We talk co-founders, the appeal of entrepreneurship + more!
2017 · its alternatives →
9
Unscalable▲94
A collection of interviews with startup founders.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Building The Future: Episode 30 with David Idell▲53
Building startups, meeting founders, pivoting and hackathons
2016 · its alternatives →
11
Founders at Work▲208
Stories of successful founders
2015 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Erik Schreter, Co-Founder & CEO of Venwise▲67
On building support groups for founders
2016 · its alternatives →
13
FoundersGyan - "How the struggles of startup inspired creation of Startify"▲54
A chat with Himanshu, founder of Startify
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Jobstart▲204
Chat with ambitious people about their careers
2015 · its alternatives →
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Knowledge @ Wharton - TechStars' Brad Feld▲66
Startup community overlord Brad Feld on how to build one
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Brad Hargreaves, Founder & CEO of Common; Co-founder of General Assembly▲68
Why entrepreneurship is not nearly as risky as people think
2016 · its alternatives →
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This Week in Startups - Ep 606 with Troy Carter & Tim Draper▲95
Fireside chat on the state of investing at Draper CEO Summit
2015 · its alternatives →
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Fireside▲13
#🔥 An off-grid retreat for founders, investors, and startups
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Avi Millman, Founder & CEO of BobbyPin▲66
On walking away from cushy situations to build companies
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Nancy Lublin, Founder & CEO of Crisis Text Line▲64
Tech companies solving problems through products, not people
2016 · its alternatives →
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The StartUp Chat - Startup Team Alignment▲65
Another episode with key Insights form Steli and hiten
2016 · its alternatives →
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This Week in Startups #666: Ed Catmull (Part 2)▲65
Chatting with the co-founder of Pixar, head of Disney/Pixar
2016 · its alternatives →
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Ideas Are Worthless▲147
Like Product Hunt. But for Ideas.
2018 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Matt Brimer, Co-Founder of General Assembly and Daybreaker▲71
On creating more mischief in the world
2016 · its alternatives →

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