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What are some inspiring videos I can watch to renew my passion for startups?

by mbh on 10/27/11, 12:53 AM with 12 comments

I remember when I was learning guitar and it was so frustrating in the beginning, I used to watch great rock guitarists and draw inspiration from them. Videos of live performance kept me going. Extending the same analogy, is there some great startup videos that I can watch to get inspired when I am down and demotivated?

by pg on 10/27/11, 12:59 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOytubycHOg

by grinich on 10/27/11, 2:56 AM

By now there's a pretty good collection of talks from Startup Bootcamp at MIT: http://www.youtube.com/startupbootcamp

Some notable speakers:

    - Drew Houston (Dropbox) both in '09 and '11
    - Patrick Collison (Stripe)
    - Alex Polvi (Cloudkick)
    - Leah Culver (Convore)
    - Chris Wanstrath (Github)
    - Bill Clerico (WePay)
    - James Lindenbaum (Heroku)
    - Kyle Vogt (Justin.TV)
    - Adam Smith (Xobni)
    - Angus Davis (TellMe)
    - Paul English (Kayak)
    - Alexis Ohanian (Reddit/YC)
    - Dan Bricklin (VisiCalc)
    - Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Research/Alpha)
    - Bob Metcalfe (PARC, 3M)

by staunch on 10/27/11, 1:44 AM
DHH is always fun.
David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY
Jason Calacanis vs. David Heinemeier Hansson on This Week in Startups http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPrvnlvnu-k#t=47m
by timsally on 10/27/11, 1:44 AM
Inspiration can be highly personal. This is the video that did it for me. "When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breath, then you'll be successful."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fsm-QbN9r8&t=20
by hansy on 10/27/11, 4:14 AM
This is just for fun (not informational at all), but I love how it parodies the startup culture.
College Humor Start-up Guys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmdl4VltD4
At the very least the video will cheer you up :)
by free on 10/27/11, 8:25 AM
This one was posted here some time back and I liked it http://www.jasonshen.com/2011/getting-your-groove-back/#comm...
by sathishmanohar on 10/27/11, 7:07 AM
May not be technical. But, Bill Cosby's commencement speech, talked to my heart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY-WFfajWq8
by twog on 10/27/11, 2:26 PM
Not about startups specifically, but still great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X38PCf7kao
by Dramatize on 10/27/11, 2:14 AM
Go to Mixergy.com. It's hands down the best resource for learning directly from company founders.
Also go check out the early episodes of This Week In Startups.
by emrosenf on 10/27/11, 1:19 AM
I highly recommend Derek Sivers' videos: http://www.youtube.com/dereksivers
by ahmicro on 10/27/11, 3:19 AM
http://ontwik.com/category/startup/