After completely watching How to Start a Startup[1] 2-10 times (depending on lecture) and reading and watching all the readings[2], what should I watch now?
A. There are plenty of reading resources (many shared on HN), but I am looking for videos.
B. There are plenty of great talks (but what I want is detailed videos (instructional) just like HTSAS)
C. I haven't read (m)any books on the topic, do you recommend that I rather do that? In that case, please make my work easy and give a ordered list of books (ordered to complement HTSAS).
What's the minimum legal shield advisable for a sole proprietor to sell a SaaS product whose only goal is a small stream of side revenue? There are so many Startup Weekend / 7 Day Startup programs out there and they focus 100% on getting you to release an MVP quickly to generate revenue, with no advice about how to avoid getting sued for shipping bugs in your software. (I get that the biggest blocker for most entrepreneurs is actually building a product, but it's borderline criminal to encourage people to sell something without the legal foundation to protect yourself from liability and undue taxation.)
There have been several HN threads about this, but they cover more elaborate situations:
* Incorporation outside the US [1]
* Startups with multiple founders or employees [2] [3] [4]
* Advice that is 5+ years old and posts have gone missing [5] [6]
What's the minimum legal incorporation necessary to limit liability and taxation for small-revenue side projects by a single developer?
During startup school class the lesson I enjoyed the most was Lesson 4: Building products, talking to users and growing. I watched the video many times.
http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec04/
Homejoy's recent exit is quite interesting and valuable. What lessons do you see there? Any ideas are welcome.
YC's https://startupclass.samaltman.com URL is no longer available. YC'YouTube videos contain https://startupclass.co where there's no free content. What's the reason for this change?
I like Wordpress a lot. I'm also a web dev and sysadmin, so I have an idea on how things work. In the past few months more people have been asking me to build websites and I feel that I need to get better at it. I'm not used with this level of stress, but I like it; I'm working on several Wordpress websites at the moment and I'm learning the hard way how to: handle a client, manage my time, model the development process, ask the right questions. Also, I see that building a website and handing it over to the client isn't enough: they want SEO(besides generally baseline good sense practices, I need to understand and use tools like Cognitiveseo, Moz, ect.), they want social media management, marketing strategies, brand building, graphic design, ad campaings, and so on.
I can't handle everything by myself, but I still need a clear understanding of each of these aspects. From a business perspective, if I can't offer quality graphic design for a client, I need to reach for a collaborator just to do the job.
On the other hand, I've compiled a list of useful guides on how to start a business:
But besides training my business spirit I need to get in contact with the industry, from both technical and business point of views. I have to know what are the trends, what tools are being used, what advices other professionals give.
I've found out about:
http://wordpress.alltop.com/
https://garage.godaddy.com/
http://torquemag.io/
So I'm reaching out to HN if anyone can offer additions to these link lists and some advices about my road ahead and for others searching for this.
i have following this awesome lecture http://startupclass.samaltman.com
I think that every success startup like airbnb, stripe and others is start from "make something people want"(of course, is known widely as ycombinator.com tagline). So i think, the most important step is to know what people want.
Trying to learn as much as possible about how to start and grow companies but only want to study the from the best - what's helped all of you the most?
I recently finished http://startupclass.samaltman.com
Could be a book, course, podcast, blog post - anything - as long as it's something you can link to. Hopefully we can all benefit together
Companies like Airbnb, have used the localization growth strategy to enter over 190 countries in a reasonably short time.
Our website, http://www.localizer.co let's you do this. Just paste one line of code into current web app, and it's multi-lingual.
Do you think startups should have a 'global mindset.' Sam Altman shares his thoughts on startup vision here: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/ (Lecture 2)
Here are my thoughts on it: http://www.startupsmart.com.au/growth/growth-strategy/localizer-encourages-aussies-startups-to-talk-the-talk-of-global-expansion/2015100115627.html
A. There are plenty of reading resources (many shared on HN), but I am looking for videos.
B. There are plenty of great talks (but what I want is detailed videos (instructional) just like HTSAS)
C. I haven't read (m)any books on the topic, do you recommend that I rather do that? In that case, please make my work easy and give a ordered list of books (ordered to complement HTSAS).
[1]: HTSAS: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/
[2]: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/lists/readings/