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Best Startups & entrepreneurship Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 34 Startups & entrepreneurship talks from a 119-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business with Jason Cohen, Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me, and David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08. The broader topic archive has 792 labeled comments across 2008–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

  1. 1
    Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business with Jason Cohen

    13 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.

    13 recommenders
  2. 2
    Mike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me

    12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2015–2026.

    12 recommenders
  3. 3
    David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08

    8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2010–2023.

    8 recommenders
  4. 4
    Keynote: Paul Graham, YCombinator

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2012–2023.

    7 recommenders
  5. 5
    Darius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions - XOXO Festival (2014)

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Internet culture & memes; the recorded mentions span 2015–2024.

    7 recommenders
  6. 6
    Mike Monteiro - "Fuck you pay me" (PT Br)

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2013–2017.

    6 recommenders
  7. 7
    Founder School Session: The Future Doesn't Have to Be Incremental

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2014–2026.

    5 recommenders
  8. 8
    Paul Graham at Startup School 08

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2010–2018.

    4 recommenders
  9. 9
    FailCon 2011 - Uber Case Study

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2012–2017.

    3 recommenders
  10. 10
    Chase Adam at Startup School 2013

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2014–2016.

    3 recommenders
  11. 11
    Maciej Ceglowski - Barely succeed! It's easier!

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2015–2020.

    3 recommenders
  12. 12
    Paul Buchheit at Startup School 08

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2010–2015.

    3 recommenders
  13. 13
    Gary Vaynerchuk Keynote at RailsConf 2010

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2010–2011.

    3 recommenders
  14. 14
    Emojli: Behind the Scenes and Why You Should Never Build An App

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2016–2019.

    3 recommenders
  15. 15
    Mike Arrington at Startup School 08

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2009–2020.

    3 recommenders
  16. 16
    Tracy Young Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2016–2022.

    2 recommenders
  17. 17
    David Heinemeier Hansson-Unlearn Your MBA (Entire talk)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2017–2022.

    2 recommenders
  18. 18
    Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2018–2020.

    2 recommenders
  19. 19
    How to Build a Startup Without Funding by Pieter Levels @ Dojo Bali

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2018–2021.

    2 recommenders
  20. 20
    Gary Vaynerchuk: Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape - Web 2.0 Expo NY

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Product, marketing & sales; the recorded mentions span 2009–2016.

    2 recommenders
  21. 21
    How to Get Your First Customers | Startup School

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Startups & entrepreneurship; the recorded mentions span 2023–2025.

    2 recommenders
  22. 22
    Zero to $10 Million with React Native + Next.js - Fernando Rojo - (Next.js Conf 2021)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2022–2022.

    2 recommenders
  23. 23
    Strong Towns | Charles Marohn | Talks at Google

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Transit, cities & urban planning; the recorded mentions span 2021–2022.

    2 recommenders
  24. 24
    Developing the best free photo editor - Ivan KUCKIR - Web2day 2019

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2019–2021.

    2 recommenders
  25. 25
    Peter Norvig at Startup School 08

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Machine learning & deep learning; the recorded mentions span 2009–2014.

    2 recommenders