Paul Graham: Before the Startup

YC Root Access · Lecture · 48 min · 2014 · YouTube title: Lecture 3 - Before the Startup (Paul Graham)

Why it's here

HN people point to it as the video version of the essay and cite it for advice on building things with interested people before calling it a startup.

What it covers

Paul Graham's lecture in the 'How to Start a Startup' course, covering counterintuitive parts of startups and how to have ideas. It is the video form of his essay 'Before the Startup'.