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Startups & entrepreneurship Videos Recommended on Hacker News (121)
Startups & entrepreneurship is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 121 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 262 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Startups: founders, Y Combinator, Startup School, Paul Graham, product-market fit, bootstrapping, fundraising, pivots, failure stories, small business, 37signals.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business with Jason Cohen: “This talk is the holy grail on this topic” — an HN commenter, 2021.
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3 mo on HNThe Hustle
KRAZAM
3 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HNTWiST #46 with David Heinemeier Hansson
ThisWeekinStartups
3 HN recommender · 2010–2014
3 mo on HNElon Musk : How to Build the Future
Y Combinator
3 HN recommender · 2016–2025
2 mo on HNA Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson - Institute of Politics
Harvard University
2 HN recommender · 2013–2018
2 mo on HNEnterprise Sales | Startup School
Y Combinator
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNSam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup
Y Combinator
2 HN recommender · 2018–2020
2 mo on HNJournalist Vincent Woo reflects on his piece, "Lambda School's Misleading Promises" | E1039
This Week in Startups
2 HN recommender · 2021–2024
2 mo on HNHow to Build a Startup Without Funding by Pieter Levels @ Dojo Bali
@levelsio
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNDisruptive Innovation - Clayton Christensen (Part 2)
modplanman
2 HN recommender · 2014–2017
2 mo on HNGary Vaynerchuk: Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape - Web 2.0 Expo NY
O'Reilly
2 HN recommender · 2009–2016
2 mo on HNChris Sacca of Lowercase Capital Pt. 2- TWiST #295
This Week in Startups
2 HN recommender · 2014–2016
2 mo on HNRiot On Documentary (2002)
Caroline bruins
2 HN recommender · 2016–2022
2 mo on HNHow to Get Your First Customers | Startup School
Y Combinator
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNPieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNElon Musk - CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX | Entrepreneurship | Khan Academy
Khan Academy
2 HN recommender · 2013–2020
2 mo on HNZero to $10 Million with React Native + Next.js - Fernando Rojo - (Next.js Conf 2021)
Vercel
2 HN recommender · 2022–2022
2 mo on HNBrain Crack (Explicit Version) :: Best of the Show :: 07-11-06
Ze Frank
2 HN recommender · 2014–2023
2 mo on HNKevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1309 - Naval Ravikant
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNOxide and Friends 7/3/2023 -- Shipping the first Oxide rack: Your questions answered!
Oxide Computer Company
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNElon Musk Mahalo Mentor Interview
mahalodotcom
2 HN recommender · 2011–2012
2 mo on HNStrong Towns | Charles Marohn | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
2 HN recommender · 2021–2022
2 mo on HNDeveloping the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019
Web2day
2 HN recommender · 2019–2021
2 mo on HNGeneral Magic (1080p) FULL DOCUMENTARY - History, Technology, Business
Gravitas Documentaries
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
2 mo on HNPeter Norvig at Startup School 08
startupschool
2 HN recommender · 2009–2014
2 mo on HNJoel Spolsky at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
2 HN recommender · 2014–2016
2 mo on HNWhere Does Growth Come From? | Clayton Christensen | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
2 HN recommender · 2016–2024
2 mo on HNJeff Bezos 1997 Interview
Chuck Severance
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNOffice Hours at Startup School 2013 with Paul Graham and Sam Altman
Y Combinator
2 HN recommender · 2013–2020
2 mo on HNCS50 Lecture by Mark Zuckerberg - 7 December 2005
CS50
2 HN recommender · 2016–2025
2 mo on HNHow to Sell by Tyler Bosmeny
Y Combinator
3 HN recommender · 2018–2020
2 mo on HNGrowing Reddit - Web Development
Udacity
2 HN recommender · 2012–2023
1 mo on HNDefamation of character and extortion; Yelp salesperson has friends leave bad reviews!
Louis Rossmann
1 HN recommend · 2015–2020
1 mo on HNCicret Bracelet DEBUNK
Captain Disillusion
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
1 mo on HNFoundation 07 // Chris Sacca
Kevin Rose
1 HN recommend · 2012–2013
1 mo on HNA Conversation with Paul Graham - Moderated by Geoff Ralston
Y Combinator
1 HN recommend · 2018–2020