The Student's Guide To Becoming A Successful Startup Founder

If you're a high school or college student with big dreams of starting your own company, this video is for you. Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel, two startup founders who started in the early 20s and are now top investors, sit down to share the hard-won advice they wish they had known back in...

Intermediate - 24 min - Money & Business - Y Combinator

The full course: Learn Start a Business free

What you'll need

Laptop stand: Screen at eye level for long study sessions.
Noise-cancelling headphones: Focus through long video lessons.
Second monitor: Video on one screen, practice on the other.
Wireless keyboard and mouse: Comfortable for hours of typing.

Books

The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau - View on Amazon
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber - View on Amazon
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries - View on Amazon
The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick - View on Amazon
One thousand ways to make $1000 by Frances Mary Cowan Minaker - View on Amazon

Next lessons

Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup (16 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5) (50 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School (32 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
How Startup Fundraising Works | Startup School (28 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
How To Build A Tech Startup With No Technical Skills (15 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
How to Get Your First Customers | Startup School (23 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School (33 min, Y Combinator, Intermediate)
I've Set Up Over 50,000 LLCs. Here's What NOT To Do! (17 min, Mark J Kohler, Intermediate)