David Rusenko details the story of how Weebly developed one of the most popular website creation and hosting sites on the web today. Startup School is YC’s free online program for founders. Sign up to access the full curriculum and over $100k in deals! https://www.startupschool.org/
How a Solo, Non-technical Founder Started an 80+ Person Startup – Hustle Con 2015
Arram is the founder and CEO of ZeroCater. A true hustler, Arram took a low-level job at Justin.tv to gain experience. He created a spreadsheet to streamline the lunch-ordering process, quit his job, and started pitching with zero lines of code.
ZeroCater graduated from YC in 2011, raised $1.5m (their only funding), and bootstrapped their way to profitability and 100 employees.
Hustle Con is a badass conference where the best non-technical founders (aka hustlers) teach how they got started and give practical advice on growing your startup. If you’ve heard of a hacker, well a hustler is its counterpart. Basically, it’s like a rock n’ roll version of TED, except not as hoity-toity. The catch? None of our speakers know how to code.
review.chicagobooth.edu | The reality for more than two-thirds of entrepreneurs is that their startups will go out of business within the first few years. Why do so many startups fail, and how do you foster a startup culture without blinding people to the harsh realities of entrepreneurship? Hal Weitzman is joined by Chicago Booth’s Scott Meadow, Waverly Deutsch, and Craig Wortmann (now with Northwestern University) in a panel discussion.
Kathryn Minshew: 7 Classic Startup Founder Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Daily Muse co-founder and startup advisor Kathryn Minshew has started several startups and has the battle scars to prove it. In this 99U talk, Minshew shares common mistakes made by startup founders, and reveals the remedies to each. Chief among them? The “Gollum Syndrome” where founders treat their companies as “their precious.” Just launch and iterate, says Minshew, because “an ugly baby is better than no baby at all.”
Startup Investors On How To Pitch Like A Pro | CNBC
Startup investors Alicia Syrett, founder and CEO of Pantegrion Capital, and Alex Kenjeev, president of O’Leary Ventures, share their best advice for entrepreneurs on how to pitch to investors.
How to give the perfect pitch – with TedX speech coach David Beckett – Young Creators Summit 2016
At the Young Creators Summit 2016 in Amsterdam, David Beckett talks about how to give the perfect pitch. And if you want your ideas to change lives, you need to make sure that they are heard.
As an experienced pitch and TedX speech coach, David shares his insights on how to pitch and get your ideas heard. According to four principles, his ‘Open, three, close’ Model and The Pitch Canvas, he explains how to get your audience to engage with your story.
Have you ever heard of the crocodile brain? How many words do you think fit into a 3 minute pitch?
Watch this video and know how to build your pitch, step by step. Learn more from David here: www.best3minutes.com/
Balancing college and starting a business | Kevin Lehtiniitty | TEDxUIUC
Millennials live with each foot in two separate lives. Kevin Lehtiniitty explores how he explored both what he wanted to do along with what society expected him to do and then reconciled the two different paths into his passion. The decision fell to one question: what if I succeed?
Kevin founded what has now grown into TINITT in the beginning of 2011. Before founding the company, he had already been working as a computer consultant since 2008 for Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School and various other current TINITT clients. He has also been designing and developing websites since 2007. In his free time, Kevin plays tennis and works on his other ventures.