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Startup School 2012 Videos

284 points by kogir 14y ago

jaredsohn 14y ago
I think this is the first year that the videos are linked to directly from the startup school page. A much better experience than having to search through justin.tv, youtube, lanyard, etc. to find all of the videos. Also, nice to find the list of speakers on the startup school page, since I think it traditionally has been replaced with the most recent year's list of speakers each year.
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verganileonardo 14y ago
"Ben Horowitz (recording unavailable) " This recording will never be available? I would like to watch his talk...
- EvRev 14y ago
  NOBITCHASSNESS. Or at least that is what his shirt said...
  - alex1 14y ago
    It did. His slides were also marked "Confidential / Do not distribute" so I don't think any recording of his talk will be released.
- seanlinehan 14y ago
  My key takeaway from Horowitz talk was "Don't sip sizzurp (AKA Purple Drank)."
  - grigy 14y ago
    Could you explain what does it mean? I'm out of context
- pennywyze 14y ago
  I'd like to think that the RIAA blocked the video for his use of hip hop quotes sprinkled through his talk. "I'm from where they send shots then we send 'em back A half a million dollars worth of crack money Wrap your parents up, now you got a black mommy Yeah I did it, true to my religion Two guns on me, both with extensions" -Two Chainz
- zmitri 14y ago
  I tried to summarize it here http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap Supposedly he gave a very similar talk in 2009 and it's somewhere on youtube.
sharjeel 14y ago
The slides are out-of-sync for me, atleast for the Uber video.
- Neepy 14y ago
  It's unusable for the uber presentation. They're a full one or two minutes ahead
nilsbunger 14y ago
Flash required? I'm curious - why? Is it easier to publish videos with a flash wrapper?
- sharkweek 14y ago
  Maybe to avoid sharing away from the site? My other (half joking) thought is to stay consistent with the considerably dated markup and design that runs through most of the YC sites
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nashequilibrium 14y ago
My best advice is just go and watch the BOS videos, I have been blown away. Their videos beat any conference on tech entrepreneurship in my opinion. I measure this based on substance. The Clayton Christiansen talk alone is worth more than watching all the startup school 2012 videos! This is just my opinion. PS: Already a down vote. Be man or woman enough to state your case.
- manaskarekar 14y ago
  http://businessofsoftware.org/ http://businessofsoftware.org/ in case anyone's left wondering. Videos 2012: http://businessofsoftware.org/category/video-2/ http://businessofsoftware.org/category/video-2/
  - nashequilibrium 14y ago
    there are videos to watch with no signup, I have been watching them on bliptv and there are also summaries of the videos which helped me keep notes.
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  - sudonim 14y ago
    Unfortunately I don't think those are the videos from 2012. I attended in person, and don't see any of the talks I saw.
- AVTizzle 14y ago
  Which Christensen one? There's several.
  - nashequilibrium 14y ago
    http://blip.tv/business-of-software/professor-clayton-christensen-5968558 http://blip.tv/business-of-software/professor-clayton-christ...
dkokelley 14y ago
For those wondering, just before the 3:00 mark of Mark Zuckerberg's interview, the "Startup School" sign attached to the podium spontaneously fell.
w1ntermute 14y ago
What's with the shitty video player? Can't even go full-screen? Why not just post the videos on YouTube? And the quality of the actual video isn't even HD?
- tomkinstinch 14y ago
  Guessing it's because of the slides. Is there a platform you suggest for playing embedded YouTube videos and a slide deck at the same time?
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    How about just making it a part of the video? The video would automatically switch back and forth from the video of the speaker to the slides as necessary. This is the format that was used by pretty much all of my college classes, and I never had any issues with it.
  - edouard1234567 14y ago
    You can do that on udemy.com
  - batgaijin 14y ago
    Uh, why isn't it just slides with a voice over? I don't think seeing Zuckerberg's face is really making anything he says more valuable.
    - kami8845 14y ago
      You're wrong. Depending on where you look, nonverbal behavior constitutes between 60% and 93% of communication. If I really am interested in a podcast I will always opt for the video-version if it means I can't put it on my iPod and listen to it while doing chores like I could with the audio version.
      - batgaijin 14y ago
        Perhaps in regards to conversations, but I think for a one way information exchange like a lecture it really doesn't matter.
tomkinstinch 14y ago
I'm glad the audio is good because it was pretty crummy that day (at least from the balcony). I had to strain to hear what the speakers were saying. Was the volume OK for those on the main level?
- andyjsong 14y ago
  On the main level it was pretty bad on the right side closest to the stage. The audio speakers sounded muffled, but sounded fine as you stepped further back. You could tell we couldn't hear anything because no one was laughing when everyone else was.
checoivan 14y ago
Thanks for doing this and putting them up, the talks are amazing.
edouard1234567 14y ago
My favorite talk was the one given by Jessica Livingston. The way she simplified what it takes to be a good entrepreneur, resiliency and drive and the "monsters" you'll meet along the way was amazing. My least favorite moment was Uber's founder talk. I love and use the app but his talk sounded too much like 30 minutes comercial on Uber... A special award to Ben Horowitz for humor and to Robert Scoble who managed to speak (ask a question to Ron) even though he wasn't on the speakers's list :)
- zmitri 14y ago
  I totally agree. Her talk was by far the most practical, and provided serious actionable advice. I really liked it! I also agree that Travis was probably the only one who didn't give much insight or advice into entrepreneurship, which was unfortunate. I tried to summarize most of them here if you don't want to watch video http://www.backspac.es/tag/sus2012 http://www.backspac.es/tag/sus2012 PS. Scoble tried to ask Ron if he would still invest in Highlight
- wilfra 14y ago
  "My least favorite moment was Uber's founder talk. I love and use the app but his talk sounded too much like 30 minutes comercial on Uber" That was what I thought at the time as well. Lots of people have said his was one of their favorites. I still don't get it.
  - tcc619 14y ago
    I thought Travis from Uber had a great talk because he showed the operations of his business. Zuck mentioned that companies can 80/20 somethings but have to be the best at some things to beat the competition. I think Uber's core is operational efficiency. They keep metrics on everything, they predict where riders are being underserved, not just where they are. I posted some more of my notes on http://tommy.chheng.com/2012/10/24/startup-school-2012-summary-my-takeaways-and-interpretations/ http://tommy.chheng.com/2012/10/24/startup-school-2012-summa...
- wia 14y ago
  JL efficiently didn't delve into #1 monster of cofounder disagreements. An insightful point was about the large company corp dev monster. Another must watch is Joel's talk: deciding and knowing what kind of venture one is in, so that one takes the more appropriate actions when situations arise.
dave1619 14y ago
Gotta say that Startup School 2012 had some really great talks. I had the chance to attend in person and it exceeded my expectation. The speakers shared some great insights and stories about their startups and each one gave a different perspective. My favorite speaker probably was Joel Spolsky (and his slow, organic growth vs land-grab talk). I love how Joel used Fog Creek to fund StackExchange's development and now Trello, which both seem to be land-grab businesses. It's almost like Fog Creek is it's own startup incubator now. Maybe a new model of funding/startups?
- zmitri 14y ago
  For those who weren't there, Trello was funded by Fog Creek employees investing their bonuses into developing the product. I thought his slides also added a lot. Very straight forward and clear -- he almost didn't need to speak.
cloudwalking 14y ago
> Ben Horowitz (recording unavailable) NOOO! This talk was fabulous!
- wia 14y ago
  His talk was mainly what he has given before. I found this which is pretty close: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4&sns=em http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4&sns=em
ddrmaxgt37 14y ago
The slides for the talk by Travis are wrong.
asher_ 14y ago
The slides are out of sync with the video for me, and the video stops periodically. Is this happening for anyone else?
capsicum 14y ago
How to download the videos for viewing offline ?
- vacipr 14y ago
  I'm also interested in this.My current internet connection sucks.
nodesocket 14y ago
Ben Horowitz (recording unavailable) is a shame, since in my humble opinion he was the best. I just love his attitude, and passion for hip-hop.
bizodo 14y ago
Flash player?
nasir 14y ago
Very nice talks specially Jessica Livingston.
prisonguard 14y ago
What is the best way to strike a balance between the speaker and slides while recording/editing a talk? I find it hard watching talks where only slides got recorded or others where only the speaker gets recorded. For the latter, I'll normally download slides and use them to move along with talk.
- e1ven 14y ago
  I prefer Splitscreen. This is what Google has done for several TechTalks before.
dmazin 14y ago
Aside from maybe Jessica Linvingston's talk, Spolsky's was the only one that said something very interesting to me, even though it was basically 12 years old.
swrobel 14y ago
Anywhere to download MP3 or other audio-only versions to listen in the car?
- kintamanimatt 14y ago
  I'll make some for you in a couple of hours. Edit: Where would you like them uploaded to? SoundCloud okay?
ronyeh 14y ago
Here are my bite-sized reactions to each talk: http://blog.squarepoet.com/post/34350209686/startup-school-2012 http://blog.squarepoet.com/post/34350209686/startup-school-2... I felt a recurring theme was "don't give up"... so I'll really try to remember that lesson when I hit future roadblocks. I enjoyed attending and meeting some of you in person. Definitely looking forward to next year's edition!
xianyi_lin 14y ago
Hacked together a quick script for downloading the videos for viewing offline (requires rtmpdump): http://pastebin.com/AxZCgcsF http://pastebin.com/AxZCgcsF

284 points by kogir 14y ago

I think this is the first year that the videos are linked to directly from the startup school page. A much better experience than having to search through justin.tv, youtube, lanyard, etc. to find all of the videos. Also, nice to find the list of speakers on the startup school page, since I think it traditionally has been replaced with the most recent year's list of speakers each year.

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verganileonardo 14y ago

"Ben Horowitz (recording unavailable) " This recording will never be available? I would like to watch his talk...

EvRev 14y ago
NOBITCHASSNESS. Or at least that is what his shirt said...
- alex1 14y ago
  It did. His slides were also marked "Confidential / Do not distribute" so I don't think any recording of his talk will be released.
seanlinehan 14y ago
My key takeaway from Horowitz talk was "Don't sip sizzurp (AKA Purple Drank)."
- grigy 14y ago
  Could you explain what does it mean? I'm out of context
pennywyze 14y ago
I'd like to think that the RIAA blocked the video for his use of hip hop quotes sprinkled through his talk. "I'm from where they send shots then we send 'em back A half a million dollars worth of crack money Wrap your parents up, now you got a black mommy Yeah I did it, true to my religion Two guns on me, both with extensions" -Two Chainz
zmitri 14y ago
I tried to summarize it here http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap http://backspac.es/r/Xx8736cUap Supposedly he gave a very similar talk in 2009 and it's somewhere on youtube.

sharjeel 14y ago

The slides are out-of-sync for me, atleast for the Uber video.

Neepy 14y ago
It's unusable for the uber presentation. They're a full one or two minutes ahead

nilsbunger 14y ago

Flash required? I'm curious - why? Is it easier to publish videos with a flash wrapper?

sharkweek 14y ago
Maybe to avoid sharing away from the site? My other (half joking) thought is to stay consistent with the considerably dated markup and design that runs through most of the YC sites

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nashequilibrium 14y ago

My best advice is just go and watch the BOS videos, I have been blown away. Their videos beat any conference on tech entrepreneurship in my opinion. I measure this based on substance. The Clayton Christiansen talk alone is worth more than watching all the startup school 2012 videos! This is just my opinion. PS: Already a down vote. Be man or woman enough to state your case.

manaskarekar 14y ago
http://businessofsoftware.org/ http://businessofsoftware.org/ in case anyone's left wondering. Videos 2012: http://businessofsoftware.org/category/video-2/ http://businessofsoftware.org/category/video-2/
- nashequilibrium 14y ago
  there are videos to watch with no signup, I have been watching them on bliptv and there are also summaries of the videos which helped me keep notes.
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
- sudonim 14y ago
  Unfortunately I don't think those are the videos from 2012. I attended in person, and don't see any of the talks I saw.
AVTizzle 14y ago
Which Christensen one? There's several.
- nashequilibrium 14y ago
  http://blip.tv/business-of-software/professor-clayton-christensen-5968558 http://blip.tv/business-of-software/professor-clayton-christ...

dkokelley 14y ago

For those wondering, just before the 3:00 mark of Mark Zuckerberg's interview, the "Startup School" sign attached to the podium spontaneously fell.

w1ntermute 14y ago

What's with the shitty video player? Can't even go full-screen? Why not just post the videos on YouTube? And the quality of the actual video isn't even HD?

tomkinstinch 14y ago
Guessing it's because of the slides. Is there a platform you suggest for playing embedded YouTube videos and a slide deck at the same time?
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  How about just making it a part of the video? The video would automatically switch back and forth from the video of the speaker to the slides as necessary. This is the format that was used by pretty much all of my college classes, and I never had any issues with it.
- edouard1234567 14y ago
  You can do that on udemy.com
- batgaijin 14y ago
  Uh, why isn't it just slides with a voice over? I don't think seeing Zuckerberg's face is really making anything he says more valuable.
  - kami8845 14y ago
    You're wrong. Depending on where you look, nonverbal behavior constitutes between 60% and 93% of communication. If I really am interested in a podcast I will always opt for the video-version if it means I can't put it on my iPod and listen to it while doing chores like I could with the audio version.
    - batgaijin 14y ago
      Perhaps in regards to conversations, but I think for a one way information exchange like a lecture it really doesn't matter.

tomkinstinch 14y ago

I'm glad the audio is good because it was pretty crummy that day (at least from the balcony). I had to strain to hear what the speakers were saying. Was the volume OK for those on the main level?

andyjsong 14y ago
On the main level it was pretty bad on the right side closest to the stage. The audio speakers sounded muffled, but sounded fine as you stepped further back. You could tell we couldn't hear anything because no one was laughing when everyone else was.

checoivan 14y ago

Thanks for doing this and putting them up, the talks are amazing.

edouard1234567 14y ago

My favorite talk was the one given by Jessica Livingston. The way she simplified what it takes to be a good entrepreneur, resiliency and drive and the "monsters" you'll meet along the way was amazing. My least favorite moment was Uber's founder talk. I love and use the app but his talk sounded too much like 30 minutes comercial on Uber... A special award to Ben Horowitz for humor and to Robert Scoble who managed to speak (ask a question to Ron) even though he wasn't on the speakers's list :)

zmitri 14y ago
I totally agree. Her talk was by far the most practical, and provided serious actionable advice. I really liked it! I also agree that Travis was probably the only one who didn't give much insight or advice into entrepreneurship, which was unfortunate. I tried to summarize most of them here if you don't want to watch video http://www.backspac.es/tag/sus2012 http://www.backspac.es/tag/sus2012 PS. Scoble tried to ask Ron if he would still invest in Highlight
wilfra 14y ago
"My least favorite moment was Uber's founder talk. I love and use the app but his talk sounded too much like 30 minutes comercial on Uber" That was what I thought at the time as well. Lots of people have said his was one of their favorites. I still don't get it.
- tcc619 14y ago
  I thought Travis from Uber had a great talk because he showed the operations of his business. Zuck mentioned that companies can 80/20 somethings but have to be the best at some things to beat the competition. I think Uber's core is operational efficiency. They keep metrics on everything, they predict where riders are being underserved, not just where they are. I posted some more of my notes on http://tommy.chheng.com/2012/10/24/startup-school-2012-summary-my-takeaways-and-interpretations/ http://tommy.chheng.com/2012/10/24/startup-school-2012-summa...
wia 14y ago
JL efficiently didn't delve into #1 monster of cofounder disagreements. An insightful point was about the large company corp dev monster. Another must watch is Joel's talk: deciding and knowing what kind of venture one is in, so that one takes the more appropriate actions when situations arise.

dave1619 14y ago

Gotta say that Startup School 2012 had some really great talks. I had the chance to attend in person and it exceeded my expectation. The speakers shared some great insights and stories about their startups and each one gave a different perspective. My favorite speaker probably was Joel Spolsky (and his slow, organic growth vs land-grab talk). I love how Joel used Fog Creek to fund StackExchange's development and now Trello, which both seem to be land-grab businesses. It's almost like Fog Creek is it's own startup incubator now. Maybe a new model of funding/startups?

zmitri 14y ago
For those who weren't there, Trello was funded by Fog Creek employees investing their bonuses into developing the product. I thought his slides also added a lot. Very straight forward and clear -- he almost didn't need to speak.

cloudwalking 14y ago

> Ben Horowitz (recording unavailable) NOOO! This talk was fabulous!

wia 14y ago
His talk was mainly what he has given before. I found this which is pretty close: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4&sns=em http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-LBSqm3xh4&sns=em

ddrmaxgt37 14y ago

The slides for the talk by Travis are wrong.

asher_ 14y ago

The slides are out of sync with the video for me, and the video stops periodically. Is this happening for anyone else?

capsicum 14y ago

How to download the videos for viewing offline ?

vacipr 14y ago
I'm also interested in this.My current internet connection sucks.

nodesocket 14y ago

Ben Horowitz (recording unavailable) is a shame, since in my humble opinion he was the best. I just love his attitude, and passion for hip-hop.

bizodo 14y ago

Flash player?

nasir 14y ago

Very nice talks specially Jessica Livingston.

prisonguard 14y ago

What is the best way to strike a balance between the speaker and slides while recording/editing a talk? I find it hard watching talks where only slides got recorded or others where only the speaker gets recorded. For the latter, I'll normally download slides and use them to move along with talk.

e1ven 14y ago
I prefer Splitscreen. This is what Google has done for several TechTalks before.

dmazin 14y ago

Aside from maybe Jessica Linvingston's talk, Spolsky's was the only one that said something very interesting to me, even though it was basically 12 years old.

swrobel 14y ago

Anywhere to download MP3 or other audio-only versions to listen in the car?

kintamanimatt 14y ago
I'll make some for you in a couple of hours. Edit: Where would you like them uploaded to? SoundCloud okay?

ronyeh 14y ago

Here are my bite-sized reactions to each talk: http://blog.squarepoet.com/post/34350209686/startup-school-2012 http://blog.squarepoet.com/post/34350209686/startup-school-2... I felt a recurring theme was "don't give up"... so I'll really try to remember that lesson when I hit future roadblocks. I enjoyed attending and meeting some of you in person. Definitely looking forward to next year's edition!

xianyi_lin 14y ago

Hacked together a quick script for downloading the videos for viewing offline (requires rtmpdump): http://pastebin.com/AxZCgcsF http://pastebin.com/AxZCgcsF