Learn from Brian Chesky, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbnb, in his 2010 speech about how he survived their first 1,000 startup days.
This chapter is largely built around a presentation by Drew Houston, Co-Founder & CEO of DropBox, that covers many solid recommendations on how to build an online company.
Relationship Advice, Solving Problems and Emotions
Tom Preston-Werner, Co-Founder & CTO of GitHub, on bootstrapping
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals, talks about building a viable business to last, bootstrapping, questioning popular startup mantras, and prioritizing happiness over profit. I'm sorry about the terrible audio syncing problem, but try to suffer through it because there is some great content in here.
Ron Conway, Godfather of Silicon Valley, famed investor and investor in our own Course Hero, talks about some of the defining entrepreneurs that he has met over the last 20 years: traits and lessons from these people. These are examples to learn from.
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Ron Conway, Godfather of Silicon Valley, famed investor and investor in our own Course Hero, shares career experiences and lessons learned as an entrepreneur, before he became a storied angel investor.
Learn about the characteristics that make a successful entrepreneur.
Hear a little about Ron's opinions of and anecdotes about Paul Graham, Larry Page, Sergey Brinn, Dennis Crowley and Jack Dorsey.
Hear more from Ron about these defining entrepreneurs: Mark Zuckerburg, Drew Houston, Brian Chesky, Sean Fanning, and Sean Parker.
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Ron Conway, Godfather of Silicon Valley, famed investor and investor in our own Course Hero, shares career experiences and lessons learned as an entrepreneur, before he became a storied angel investor.
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