Startup Culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHAh6WKBgiE    This blog post is about the principal aspects of the 19th lecture "Sales and Marketing; How to Talk to Investors " by Tyler Bosmeny and 'YC' Partners: Dalton Caldwell, Michael Seibel, and Qasar Younis. Some information about the guest speakers: Tyler Bosmeny is CEO and Co-Founder 'Clever'. Tyler holds an MA degree in Statistics and a BA degree in Applied Mathematics, both from Harvard. Dalton Caldwell is a technologist and digital music entrepreneur. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of 'Mixed Media Labs'. He currently works as a partner at Y Combinator. Michael Seibel is CEO and a partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of two startups 'Justin.tv' and 'Socialcam'. He has been a partner at Y Combinator since 2013, advised hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. Qasar Younis is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHzvmyMJEK4    In this blog post, I'm going to discuss the main ideas presented in the 18th lecture "Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups" by Kirsty Nathoo and Carolynn Levy. Before starting I want to talk about the lecturers and give some information about them. Kristy Nathoo is a partner and the CFO of Y Combinator. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge. Nathoo was an audit manager for PriceWaterhouseCoopers from 2002-2010. In 2010, Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston offered Kirsty to be their in-house accountant. In 2012, she was promoted to be their CFO. Carolynn Levy is a Partner and General Counsel of 'Y Combinator'. Ms. Levy was a Lawyer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, where she helped hundreds of startup with legal questions. She is a member of the State Bar of California. Ms. Levy has a J.D. from the USF School of Law, and a B.A. in Political Science from UCLA. So in this lecture, they present th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4K_qVlYQkg    This blog post is about the main ideas and takeaways of the 17th lecture 'How to Design Hardware Products' by Hosain Rahman. Some information about the lecturer: Hosain Rahman is the CEO and founder of 'Jawbone', a world-leader in consumer technology and wearable products. Hosain has led the company to build innovative and elegantly-designed products for the way we live today. Hosain has been honored in: Fast Company’s Most Creative People, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment, and Fortune’s 40 Under 40. Moreover, in 2014 he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. The lecture is a little bit of an overview of 'Jawbone': what they do, how they think about the world, and how that informs how they build products. Next part is the process of how they design, develop, and how that all comes together through what the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAws7eXItMk   In this post, I'm going to present the major and essential ideas of the 16th lecture 'How to Run a User Interview' by Emmett Shear. Before beginning couple words about the lecturer:  Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms 'Justin.tv' and 'TwitchTV'. He's also a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator. Emmett Shear is also co-founder of 'Kiko Software', the first AJAX-based online calendar. Shear graduated from Yale University in 2005 with a degree in computer science.   The lecturer's first startup was the 'Kiko Calendar' which he has run with his friend Justin Kan. Eventually; they sold that app to 'eBay'. After this, he founded his second startup called 'Justin.tv'. The concept of the startup was a reality show of Justin Khans' life. At first, the website/platform was des

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVhTvQXfibU   This blog post discusses the main ideas of the 15th lecture about 'How to Manage ' by Ben Horowitz.  Some information about the lecturer: Benjamin Abraham "Ben" Horowitz is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a high technology entrepreneur and co-founder and general partner along with Marc Andreessen of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. As B. Horowitz mentioned he just wrote a three hundred page book on management. So that book was entirely too long. In this case, to be short and effective he tried to concentrate on one topic: management concept and covers all details.   The principal assumption is that before a leader makes a decision, they need to consider the decision from the different perspectives and of multiple stakeholders. Lecturer's advice assists to make right choices. He said, “When you’re making a critical decision, you have to understand how it’s going to be i

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fQHLK1aIBs   In this blog post, I'm going to talk about the fundamental concepts mentioned in the lecture 'How to Operate' by Keith Rabois. Some information about the lecturer: Keith Rabois is an American technology entrepreneur, executive, and investor. He is widely known for his early-stage startup investments and his executive roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide and Square. In the viewpoint of the speaker structure of a company is like building an engine, and you are the architect. On paper, it looks pretty, but in reality, you are tying it together with duck tape. The polished metal that completes it has not been put into place yet.    After some time, you need to have something that no one has to worry about every minute of the day. K. Rabios brings such an example and jokes that if Martians were to ever take over 'eBay' it would take the world six months to notice. This means that actually, you want a system that can pro