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.
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Stripe's Origin Story: How Stripe was created, with Patrick and John Collison
The Collison brothers themselves recount how frustration with online payments led to the few lines of code that became Stripe.
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The untold story of Setu with Sahil Kini | Fintech Founders
Co-founder shares how Setu is building fintech infrastructure for India, enabling sachet-sized financial products through API connectivity to banks and payment rails.
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Experience with Scaler Academy - Student Success Story
Real learner journey through Scaler's intensive bootcamp program
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Jeff Lawson of Twilio: The Other CTO at StubHub Got 5x More Equity Than I Did | Twilio
Lawson on committing fully as a founder after learning how little equity he got at his first startup.
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The Untold Story of Scaler Academy's Data Science Course
Behind-the-scenes look at Scaler's curriculum development
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How to Build and Sell a Product that Customers Love with Olivier Pomel | Datadog
Pomel wrote no code for six months, obsessively listening to customers before building Datadog.
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Ilya Volodarsky - Analytics for Startups | Segment
Segment's co-founder on the minimum analytics to instrument at MVP stage, and which primary and secondary metrics actually matter early.
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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.
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Finding Your Way as an Entrepreneur [Entire Talk] | Dropbox
Dropbox's co-founder on pushing through the brutal early years, choosing the right co-founder, and obsessing over customer happiness.
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