How to Get Started, Doing Things that Don't Scale, and Press (How to Start a Startup 2014: 8)

Once the most powerful man in the known world, Marcus Aurelius attempted to live virtuously, following Stoic principles. Unlike many Roman Emperors, he did not indulge in the many pleasures he had access to, like getting drunk on wine and watching sadisti…

Elizabeth is a stranger. She’s not a program. She should even come for religious reasons, and this is indicative of the age and the era, 1620s. Uh, Elizabeth is introduced and is in the story largely because of her husband, Steven Hopkins. She comes with…

Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. And today we are going to go inside a black hole. It’s not going to be comfortable, but it will be pretty fun. Now, first thing’s first: mathematically speaking, anything could become a black hole if you were to compress it int…

How do you know if a business idea is worth pursuing? So, my take on that is to think about what you are going to uniquely bring to the table. Sometimes I’ve been at a restaurant with a friend, and they’re like, “Oh, this restaurant’s doing so well, I th…

Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the United States, we were asked by the parents of children who lost their children there to analyze brains of kids that we’ve studied who’ve killed other people versus kids in prison who’ve not. When…

Thank you for coming today. My name is Dora; I’m one of the partners here at Y Combinator. Today we’re going to have a conversation with Oozma Magog, who is the CEO and founder of Gobble, which creates and delivers 15-minute pan dinners to you. I am perso…