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The Startup Life
Start a company
The emotional journey of starting, scaling, and sometimes failing. Marketplace cold starts, doing things that don't scale, fundraising, and the universal founder struggle.
17 tracks · 55 min 47 sec
1
Do Things That Don't Scale
Lenny Rachitsky · How to kickstart and scale a consumer business — Step 4: Find your early adopters by doing things that don't scale
hustleearly-stagegrit
3:24
2
Product-Market Fit (You'll Know)
Rahul Vohra · Rahul Vohra on Superhuman's PMF engine
strategypivotal moment
3:38
3
The Maze
Dalton Caldwell · Dalton Caldwell on tarpit ideas
cautionary talehard truths
3:45
4
Nobody's Coming
Lenny Rachitsky · How to Kickstart and Scale a Marketplace Business (8-part series)
marketplacescold startflywheel
2:42
5
Not Venture-Scale
Jason Fried · Jason Fried challenges your thinking on fundraising, goals, growth, and more
bootstrappingindependencefounder identity
2:44
6
Smile Through the Silence
Marc McCabe · A playbook for fundraising
fundraisingrejectionfounder loneliness
4:14
7
Push the Car
Jake Fuentes · Lessons learned from a startup that didn't make it
failuretractionfounder delusion
3:08
8
It's Never Going Well
Gustaf Alstromer · Lessons from 600+ YC startups
founder strugglevulnerabilityresilience
3:22
9
Seven Powers
Hamilton Helmer · Business strategy with Hamilton Helmer (author of 7 Powers)
strategymoatscompetitive advantage
4:22
10
Founding Sales
Pete Kazanjy · Founder-led sales | Pete Kazanjy (Founding Sales, Atrium)
salesfounder-ledB2B
2:36
11
The Lean
Eric Ries · Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
lean startupMVPmethodology
4:04
12
Pattern Breaker
Mike Maples Jr. · Pattern Breakers: How to find a breakthrough startup idea | Mike Maples, Jr.
startupsbreakthrough ideasstrategy
2:39
13
Playing to Win
Roger Martin · 5 essential questions to craft a winning strategy
strategychoicesfocusleadership
3:17
14
Good Strategy
Richard Rumelt · Good Strategy, Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt
strategyfocusleadershipexecution
3:07
15
Category Pirate
Christopher Lochhead · How to become a category pirate | Christopher Lochhead
category designpositioningstartupsstrategy
2:45
16
A Hundred Nos
Melanie Perkins · The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
founder storyrejectionCanvapersistence
3:00
17
Three Eras
Drew Houston · Behind the founder: Drew Houston (Dropbox)
founder storyDropboxsurvival
3:00