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GrowthHackers.com Meetup w/ Gagan Biyani (Sprig CEO, Co-Founder Udemy)

StartupsWest Editor November 2, 2015

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Originally Published on May 19, 2014 Gagan Biyani (CEO of Sprig, Co-Founder of Udemy) speaks about what it takes to build your startup from the ground up. He discusses the importance of staying humble, finding product/market fit, and staying lean before scaling and growing your business. Using real life example from his own personal experience […]

Keynote – Chris Chen, Yodlee – 2015 FinTech Startups Conference

StartupsWest Editor April 21, 2015

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Chris Chen of Yodlee discusses Fintech space.

Keynote – Brad Katsuyama, IEX – 2015 FinTech Startups Conference

StartupsWest Editor April 21, 2015

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Brad Katsuyama speaks about the stock market and solving latency arbitrage. Ultimately Brad Katsuyama created a new stock market IEX.

Reid Hoffman on best strategies, valuable lessons, the PayPal mafia & creating early social networks

StartupsWest Editor April 9, 2015

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Originally Published on Nov 14, 2014 via This week in startups Today on TWIST: Reid Hoffman! In this riveting 90 minutes, Jason sits down at LinkedIn with its legendary founder, entrepreneur, product strategist, investor, and author. Get ready to take notes — and watch & listen at least twice — as Reid shares a treasure […]

50 startup founders discuss the origins of their ideas.

StartupsWest Editor March 24, 2015

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Here are the startup founders/companies used in the video: 1) Brian Chesky – Airbnb 0:07 2) Ben Silbermann – Pinterest 0:32 3) Kevin Systrom – Instagram 1:14 4) Danae Ringelmann – Indiegogo 2:06 5) Alexis Ohanian / Steve Huffman – Reddit 2:54 6) Andrew Mason – Groupon 3:23 7) Jack Dorsey – Twitter 4:01 8) Leah Busque – TaskRabbit 4:31 9) Emmett Shear […]

Breaking outside of your friends list TEDtalk by CEO imgur Alan Schaaf

StartupsWest Editor March 24, 2015

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The power of online communities and how anonymous groups of people can be a source of good in this world. Alan Schaaf is the founder and CEO of the website Imgur.com, which allows you to upload and share images with […]

Why No One Will Steal Your Startup Idea – Buffer’s Founder Chat Friday

StartupsWest Editor March 15, 2015

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+Joel Gascoigne & +Leo Widrich on Buffer’s Founder Chat Friday discuss sharing your startup idea and why you shouldn’t be worried someone will steal your idea.

Peter Thiel Returns to Stanford to Share Business Tips from “Zero to One”

StartupsWest Editor February 24, 2015

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Originally Published on Oct 3, 2014 Venture capitalist Peter Thiel, JD ’92, founded PayPal and was the first major investor in Facebook, shared business tips from his new book, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, with students and alumni at Stanford on Sept. 29, 2014. He also recalled his […]

How to Build Products Users Love lecture by Kevin Hale

StartupsWest Editor February 24, 2015

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Originally published on Oct 14, 2014 Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Kevin-hale-lecture-7-how-to-build-products-users-love-part-i-annotated Kevin Hale, Founder of Wufoo and Partner at Y Combinator, explains how to build products that create a passionate user base invested in your startup’s success. See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec07/

How to Start a Startup lecture by Ben Horowitz

StartupsWest Editor February 24, 2015

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For more information, find original here: http://startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec15/ When Sam originally sent an email for me to do this course, he said “Ben can you teach a fifty minute course on management?” And I immediately thought to myself, “Wow, I just wrote a three hundred page book on management. So that book was entirely too long.” […]

C2 Montréal 2014 interviews Dedon founder Bobby Dekeyser

StartupsWest Editor February 5, 2015

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Bobby Dekeyser talks about his life and career and his book “Not for Sale” Additional article on at NYPost.com: http://nypost.com/2014/05/06/dedon-founder-bobby-dekeysers-life-is-all-in-the-details/

Video interview of Oscar Kneppers – Rockstart – Interface 2014 Digital Health Summit

StartupsWest Editor September 30, 2014

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Oscar from Amsterdam learns me about the tech startup scene (as well as bike culture) in Europe. Turns out it’s not The Silicon Valley and doesn’t want to be. He founded a accelerator and incubator program called Rockstart. He also knows my friends from the THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam that is opening […]

Jeff interviews Michael Sacca and Alex Rolek, the founders of Tiny Factory

StartupsWest Editor September 18, 2014

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Jeff Bajayo of betalist.com interviews Michael Sacca and Alex Rolek, the founders of Tiny Factory and the creators of Lingual, a language learning app for children.

Scott Bonham of GGV Capital interviewed at C100 CEO Summit 2014

Kris Krug September 18, 2014

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“I’m a Jamaican in New York”… C100 co-chair Scott Bonham explains the mission of the organization and why it’s so important for Canadian entrepreneurs to spend time here in the Silicon Valley — with Scott Bonham at Rosewood Sand Hill. GGV Capital is a $2.2 billion multi-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley (Menlo […]

Kris Krug interviews Jack Newton of CLIO at C100 CEO Summit 2014

Kris Krug September 18, 2014

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Jack Newton of Clio chats with me before the morning sessions here at the C100 CEO Summit — with Jack Newton at Rosewood Sand Hill.

Hilary Henegar on the Sharing Economy with Kris Krug at FUEL Vancouver

Kris Krug September 17, 2014

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Here I chat with Kris Krüg about sharing, access over ownership, Modo The Car Co-op and Share Vancouver at Fuel Vancouver, after the inspiring talk by Robin Chase, Zipcar and Buzzcar co-founder.

Kris Krug interviews Harley Finklestein of Shopify at C100 CEO Summit

Kris Krug September 17, 2014

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Kris Krug interviews Harley Finklestein of Shopify at C100 CEO Summit.

Kris Krug interviews Dax Dasilva of Lightspeed at C100 CEO Summit 2014

Kris Krug September 17, 2014

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Dax Dasilva just raised $35 million buckaroos to continue to build his Mac based retail technology tools for brick and mortar stores. LightSpeed Retail provides POS solutions for retailers to manage inventory, connect with suppliers, generate analytics and engage customers.

Kris Krug interviews Ira Ehrenpreis at C100 CEO Summit 2014

Kris Krug September 17, 2014

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Interviewing Tesla Motors board member Ira Ehrenpreis at C100 about the solar power and the future of energy innovation. Sorry about the backlighting… I only had like 8 seconds to make this happen. — at Rosewood Sand Hill.

Kris Krug interviews Walter De Brouwer at C100 CEO Summit 2014

Kris Krug September 17, 2014

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Fascinating euro-technocrat Walter De Brouwer tickles my brain about Star Trek tricorders, monitoring our bodies with fancy new devices and the future of medicine and care — with Walter De Brouwer at Rosewood Sand Hill. Interview posted on facebook