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Startup Playbook Kindle Edition

by Sam Altman (Author), Gregory Koberger (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Y Combinator spends a lot of time advising startups. Though one-on-one advice will always be crucial, we thought it might help us scale Y Combinator if we could distill the most generalizable parts of this advice into a sort of playbook we could give YC and YC Fellowship companies. Then we thought we should just give it to everyone.
This is meant for people new to the world of startups. Most of this will not be new to people who have read a lot of what YC partners have written—the goal is to get it into one place.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0181ZPASC
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 15, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 806 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 42 pages

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Edmund

Great insights. short read

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023

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Great insights. short read. Very direct prose. Reader must now use this short insights to think and apply to the project they are working on( or will work on).

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Philippe

Great way to start, great summary, but could have a big bibliography

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2020

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Great way to start for sure, a lot of valuable pointers. It also references some useful articles to complement your learning.

One thing that did disappoint me though is the lack of a bibliography. He certainly has a big one, but why not share it? This would have probably been the most valuable good of this book. I almost gave 4 or 3 stars because of it, what saved my rating is that the cost-benefit is very high.

Another factor to consider is that this is a great summary of what is discussed in countless hours of lectures in Y Combinator's website and YouTube channel.

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Laura S Reading

Very well written and offers so much in an easily followed format. I hope there is a follow up book!

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2018

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A condensed course on almost everything one needs to consider when choosing and creating a startup venture. Written in an easily consumed format with the sound of one who has walked these steps personally. There is a lot of valuable information and resources included in this book.

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The little book is super helpful.

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2023

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Running a small business is not easy, and at somehow I have reached a bottleneck. I have spent the last feel days refreshing my mind and soul, this book helps me a lot and a lot.
Highly recommend it to those who want to start a business.

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alexander

this book is so clear and honest

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2023

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Just I’m starting my startup and on the Way I’m readying and understanding the things is happening here and I think this book is the most honest book for startup

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Adi Syahruzad

Great short book on starting up a company

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2021

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I really enjoyed this concise but very insightful reads on starting a successful company. Develop great idea, assemble great team, make idea into great product that people lave and execute effectively

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Joseph Constanty

A Useful Springboard Framework for Founders

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023

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Sam Altman drills down into the fundamentals of starting a startup in ~40 pages. The playbook is a springboard to help founders build a mental model for startup success. The SP is just a map, and founders need to take this map and find other useful support mechanisms in mentors, books, etc.

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Diego Charry

must read for startup founders

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2022

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This short book is focused on how to start a startup. It includes links for interesting blog posts because you must dive further into certain topics. Recommended. Btw… it’s free!

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Shyam S

Reality check for a Founder

Reviewed in India on August 27, 2019

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What an awesome read. Anyone who will want to run a startup must read this before even spending a minute thinking about his next big idea. Made my life thinking about things for my “big idea” much simpler and gave a lot of clarity.

Sincere thanks to Sam Altman for this!!

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dbou087

Short and sweet

Reviewed in Canada on August 1, 2017

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Very simple yet powerful advice. It's worth reading multiple time as a Founder. There is also a couple link to very interesting presentation of YC advisor in there.

Outdoors Nerd

Brief and to the Point

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2018

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Great if you are new to startups or want to check back on the basics. This is a very brief but sage playbook.

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Simple et basique

Reviewed in France on May 10, 2018

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Lecture facile qui va à l'essentiel. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent rien aux start up et à la création d'entreprise en général, c'est un bon point d'entrée pour s'immerger.

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