Startup Videos

The launch videos, explainers, founder stories, pitches, ads, and keynotes founders study before making their own. Browse by what a video is for, then narrow to your industry. Tap any video to play it right here.

  1. James Dyson: 5,127 Prototypes

    The 5,127 failed prototypes over 15 years: Dyson kept building the bagless cyclone vacuum until number 5,127 finally worked.

  2. Katerra The Rise & Fall of Billion Dollar Construction

    Analysis of prefab construction startup rise and failure

  3. Ola Electric - Founder Story

    Bhavish Aggarwal on world's largest scooter factory

  4. The REAL Elizabeth Holmes Story | Theranos

    Dissects how a one-drop blood test with no working tech raised hundreds of millions. The clearest cautionary tale on faking traction.

    Founder story by Slidebean (Company Forensics)
  5. The Rise and Fall of Katerra | WeWork 2.0

    Documentary on 2 billion dollar prefab construction failure

  6. Blitzscaling 15: Diane Greene on Scaling Products and Culture At VMware | VMware

    VMware's founder on selling deep virtualization tech to skeptical enterprises and protecting engineering culture through hypergrowth.

    Founder story by Diane Greene / Greylock

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