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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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1 mo on HNPaul Graham Keynote Speech At OPT412
pittsburghparks
1 HN recommend · 2016–2019
1 mo on HNThe Wire Season 1 - McNuggets
Will Ambrosini
1 HN recommend · 2010–2015
1 mo on HNThe Real Product Market Fit by Michael Seibel
Y Combinator
1 HN recommend · 2019–2024
1 mo on HNSteve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series
MIT Video Productions
1 HN recommend · 2018–2025
1 mo on HNGoogle is killing authentic websites & I made it worse 😔 Here's why I RUINED my company website
Louis Rossmann
1 HN recommend · 2026–2026
1 mo on HNElon Musk and Kevin Rose
Kevin Rose
1 HN recommend · 2012–2014
1 mo on HNI’m Legally Obligated to Disclose This - Framework investment
Linus Tech Tips
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNVenture Capital - Silicon Valley Ponzi Scheme - Chamath Palihapitiya
MAK - Mudassir Akber Khan
1 HN recommend · 2020–2023
1 mo on HNLearning from StackOverflow.com
Google TechTalks
1 HN recommend · 2009–2021
1 mo on HNPricing Design Work & Creativity (The Guide)
The Futur
1 HN recommend · 2019–2022
1 mo on HNChamath Palihapitiya on rebuilding Social Capital & Silicon Valley ponzi scheme
This Week in Startups
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
1 mo on HNMr. Startup: Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, and his "no asshole" rule
Robert Scoble
1 HN recommend · 2010–2022
1 mo on HNBulletball
zorak007
1 HN recommend · 2008–2021
1 mo on HNDEBUNKING ELON MUSK Pt1 (1080p)
Common Sense Skeptic
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HNBalaji Srinivasan at Startup School 2013
Y Combinator
1 HN recommend · 2013–2020
1 mo on HNBlitzscaling 08: Eric Schmidt on Structuring Teams and Scaling Google
Greylock
1 HN recommend · 2016–2024
1 mo on HNPeter Thiel on Stagnation, Innovation, and What Not To Name Your Company | Conversations with Tyler
Mercatus Center
1 HN recommend · 2017–2021
1 mo on HNThe Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valley
Y Combinator
2 HN recommender · 2023–2023
1 mo on HNLecture 3 - Before the Startup (Paul Graham)
YC Root Access
1 HN recommend · 2014–2024
1 mo on HNJellyvision Q&A with DHH & Jason Fried
JellyvisionLab
1 HN recommend · 2014–2016
1 mo on HNThe synthesis of imagination: Rony Abovitz and Magic Leap at TEDxSarasota
TEDx Talks
1 HN recommend · 2014–2026
1 mo on HNThe Power Of Selling Out: Your Customers As Political Capital - Onion Talks - Ep. 9
The Onion
1 HN recommend · 2013–2024
0 mo on HNRap Genius with News | Disrupt NYC 2013
TechCrunch
0 HN recommender · 2013–2017
0 mo on HNJim Goetz and Jan Koum at Startup School SV 2014
Y Combinator
0 HN recommender · 2014–2025
0 mo on HNEEVblog #1001 - uBeam Ultrasonic Wireless Charging DEBUNKED!
EEVblog
0 HN recommender · 2017–2020
0 mo on HNElon Musk on the Early Days of Tesla: Interview Part 1
Tesla Owners Silicon Valley
0 HN recommender · 2022–2022
0 mo on HNSilicon Valley No Revenue | Radio On Internet
yate50
0 HN recommender · 2015–2026
0 mo on HNSmart Pipe | Infomercials | Adult Swim
Adult Swim
0 HN recommender · 2017–2025
0 mo on HNSilicon Valley S01E07 Proof of Concept1
TheGarage Cloud
0 HN recommender · 2021–2025
0 mo on HNGuy Kawasaki: The Top 10 Mistakes of Entrepreneurs
UC Berkeley Haas
0 HN recommender · 2013–2023
0 mo on HNVibe Coding Is The Future
Y Combinator
0 HN recommender · 2025–2025
0 mo on HNWaterseer -BUSTED!
Thunderf00t
0 HN recommender · 2017–2021
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs : Great idea doesn't always translates into great product
Investors Archive
0 HN recommender · 2022–2024
0 mo on HNuBeam.flv
Phạm Quốc Thiện
0 HN recommender · 2014–2017
0 mo on HNSam Altman in conversation with StrictlyVC
Connie Loizos
0 HN recommender · 2023–2025
0 mo on HNMagic Whiteboard - Dragons Den Winners - The Original & Best
Neil Westwood
0 HN recommender · 2010–2013