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24 alternatives to Smart People Should Build Things: Megan O'Connor and Sam Gimbel, Co-Founders of Clark

On side hustles and disrupting private education

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: Megan O'Connor and Sam Gimbel, Co-Founders of Clark launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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 →
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Gibbon 2.0▲197
Make your team smarter: Share knowledge with your colleagues
2015 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Glen Coates, CEO & Founder of Handshake▲59
On building a company w 1 day of business school education
2016 · its alternatives →
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Building Communities▲269
A live class by Product Hunt's Erik Torenberg
2015 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Andrew Lowenthal, Executive Director of Out in Tech▲53
On tech as a lever for social change
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Ben Uyeda, Co-Founder of Zero Energy Design & HomeMade Modern▲60
On building a thoughtful and personally-driven career
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Dan Bloom, Co-Founder of Slope and 2012 VFA Fellow▲57
On joining the software big leagues
2017 · its alternatives →
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The Underdogs▲129
Guided mastermind groups for early stage startups
2016 · its alternatives →
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GradSchool▲179
Meet founders and explore the best resources on the internet
2020 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Toby Hervey, General Manager & Founding Team Member at Pager▲54
On the value of persistence
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Jon Stein, Founder & CEO of Betterment▲63
Technology to transform our relationship with our finances
2016 · its alternatives →
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Becoming Superhuman: David Heinemeier Hansson▲125
An interview with a real-world superlearner
2016 · its alternatives →
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Startup Communities▲241
How to build communities of entrepreneurs
2015 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Charlie Kroll & Sallie Krawcheck, Co-Founders of Ellevest▲61
On the high cost of the gender investing gap
2017 · 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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Jobs-to-be-Done: Theory to Practice▲100
Turn innovation into a science.
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Christine Hunsicker, CEO at Gwynnie Bee▲64
On disrupting the apparel industry in an untapped market
2016 · its alternatives →
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Traction.VC▲127
Weekly growth tactics for product-focused entrepreneurs
2014 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Dave Finocchio, Co-Founder & CEO of Bleacher Report▲98
On giving sports fans what they want
2016 · its alternatives →
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The Third Wave▲82
An entrepreneur's vision of the future
2016 · its alternatives →
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The One & Only Podcast: Learning to Embrace the Mystery of the Unknown▲61
A deep dive with Entrepreneur & Author Matthew Schildkret
2016 · its alternatives →
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VentureForth with Sam Parr, co-founder & CEO @ The Hustle▲64
Everyday I'm Hustlin'
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Wiley Cerilli, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Good Uncle▲58
On seeing windows in a windowless building
2016 · its alternatives →
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LearningSpaces for Teams▲98
Focus, share and connect with your teams' knowledge
2016 · its alternatives →

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