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

The mind can hold tremendous power over our bodies. People walking over burning coal with no sign of pain, seemingly average people achieving feats of superhuman strength, or even just the everyday person overcoming tremendous adversity. We’ve all heard t…

What if you wake up tomorrow morning to the shocking revelation that everything you’ve ever worked for — all your savings, investments, retirement plans, and everything else — is completely wiped out overnight? You’ve gone from having it all and living la…

Our planet has a violent soul, majestic and often destructive. Volcanic explosions rattle our collective imagination: Krakatoa, Mount St. Helens, Etna. Yet, lay your eyes on the images; they simultaneously strike fear and awe in our hearts. But how did t…

My name is Corey; I’m the CEO at Spell Rush, and I’m here to talk to you today about designing characters with deep learning. So, um, we’re Spell Rush. We’re a YC company as well; we’re building deep learning tools for art and artists. What exactly does …

In the last video, we discussed Christopher Columbus’s attempt to find the funding to find a Western route around the world to China and the East, and how, although he didn’t find that, in October of 1492, he landed in the Caribbean, where he met the indi…

[music playing] INTERVIEWER 1: Would you like to live on the moon? WOMAN: Yes, I would. INTERVIEWER 1: You would? You’d like to be one of the first people to go? WOMAN: Yes. MAN 1: We have one of the most challenging assignments that has ever been gi…