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Best Tech company stories & documentaries Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 34 Tech company stories & documentaries talks from a 198-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small, LISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos, and The Secret History of Silicon Valley. The broader topic archive has 1,131 labeled comments across 2007–2026, 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
    Ed Catmull, Pixar: Keep Your Crises Small

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2010–2017.

    9 recommenders
  2. 2
    LISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Operating systems & kernels; the recorded mentions span 2012–2026.

    9 recommenders
  3. 3
    The Secret History of Silicon Valley

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech company stories & documentaries; the recorded mentions span 2008–2016.

    5 recommenders
  4. 4
    Complete Apple WWDC | Steve Jobs talk and answer developers questions | 1997

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.

    4 recommenders
  5. 5
    iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.

    4 recommenders
  6. 6
    Steve Jobs Insult Response

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2011–2022.

    4 recommenders
  7. 7
    FailCon 2011 - Uber Case Study

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

    3 recommenders
  8. 8
    Macworld Boston 1997-The Microsoft Deal

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech company stories & documentaries; the recorded mentions span 2010–2024.

    3 recommenders
  9. 9
    Gabe Newell: On Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions, and the Future of Corporations

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2015–2025.

    3 recommenders
  10. 10
    Tesla Autonomy Day

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Self-driving & autonomous vehicles; the recorded mentions span 2019–2024.

    3 recommenders
  11. 11
    AT&T Archives: Saul Bass Pitch Video for Bell System Logo Redesign

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Graphic design & typography; the recorded mentions span 2022–2024.

    2 recommenders
  12. 12
    Apple's World Wide Developers Conference 1997 with Steve Jobs

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2012–2022.

    2 recommenders
  13. 13
    Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech company stories & documentaries; the recorded mentions span 2013–2023.

    2 recommenders
  14. 14
    Video from Jeff Bezos about Amazon and Zappos

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech company stories & documentaries; the recorded mentions span 2011–2018.

    2 recommenders
  15. 15
    Macworld 1997: The return of Steve Jobs

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2016–2026.

    2 recommenders
  16. 16
    Seattle Conference on Scalability: YouTube Scalability

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Distributed systems; the recorded mentions span 2008–2013.

    2 recommenders
  17. 17
    Gabe Newell: Reflections of a Video Game Maker

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2013–2017.

    2 recommenders
  18. 18
    Steve Jobs rare footage conducting a presentation on 1980 (Insanely Great)

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2012–2026.

    1 recommenders
  19. 19
    Apple Music Event 2001-The First Ever iPod Introduction

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2010–2022.

    1 recommenders
  20. 20
    Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech company stories & documentaries; the recorded mentions span 2016–2024.

    1 recommenders
  21. 21
    Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.

    1 recommenders
  22. 22
    2023 Investor Day | Tesla

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cars, EVs & motorcycles; the recorded mentions span 2023–2025.

    1 recommenders
  23. 23
    Founders@Google Presents: The Cultural Anthropology of Stack Exchange

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Internet culture & memes; the recorded mentions span 2013–2026.

    1 recommenders
  24. 24
    A History of The ARM Microprocessor | Dave Jaggar | Talks at Google

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer architecture & CPUs; the recorded mentions span 2020–2022.

    1 recommenders
  25. 25
    AWS re:Invent 2020: Working backwards: Amazon’s approach to innovation

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Product, marketing & sales; the recorded mentions span 2021–2024.

    1 recommenders