Entities

20VC 20VC is Harry Stebbings' podcast/source context for operator and investor frameworks. The wiki currently uses it for Gokul Rajaram's eight-moats lens on enduring software companies and related AI-era... Aaron Levie Aaron Levie is the Box cofounder and CEO whose lecture explains why cloud, mobile, and user-led adoption created a better era for enterprise software startups. Adora Cheung Adora Cheung is the Homejoy founder whose lecture contributes practical lessons on industry immersion, manual user acquisition, MVPs, retention, and pivoting. Alex Schultz Alex Schultz is a Facebook growth leader whose lecture centres retention, North Star metrics, magic moments, marginal users, and growth channels. Alfred Lin Alfred Lin is an operator/investor whose lecture section frames culture as explicit values, accountability, trust, conflict, and performance. Andrej Karpathy Andrej Karpathy is the source author of the LLM Wiki idea ingested here. In this wiki, his relevance is as a useful AI practitioner whose note describes a practical pattern for using LLM agents to maintain a personal... Ben Horowitz Ben Horowitz is an operator/investor whose management lecture focuses on interpreting decisions from every affected perspective and protecting culture through fair process. Ben Silbermann Ben Silbermann is the Pinterest founder whose lecture covers culture as hiring, daily behaviour, communication, celebration, and early user/customer obsession. Brian Chesky Brian Chesky is Airbnb's cofounder/CEO and a source for founder mode, product craft, culture, hiring, and consumer company building. In the YC corpus he explains culture as enduring company DNA. In the 2026 Invest... Carolynn Levy Carolynn Levy is a startup lawyer whose lecture covers legal formation, founder equity, IP assignment, documents, fundraising, and company hygiene. Dustin Moskovitz Dustin Moskovitz is a Facebook cofounder and Asana cofounder. In lecture 01 he argues the best reason to start a startup is that the founder cannot not do it and is uniquely suited to the problem. Emmett Shear Emmett Shear is a Twitch cofounder/CEO whose lecture explains how to run useful user interviews and how Twitch learned from broadcasters. Gokul Rajaram Gokul Rajaram is an operator/investor associated with Google, Facebook, Square, DoorDash, Coinbase, Pinterest, The Trade Desk, and Marathon. The wiki uses him as a source for software-moats, AI-era product... Greg Isenberg Greg Isenberg is the author of the 20 Oct 2024 tweet ingested here on the "80/20 principle" for founders. Hosain Rahman Hosain Rahman is the Jawbone founder whose lecture explains hardware product development as full-stack product, design, data, manufacturing, and brand work. Invest Like the Best Invest Like the Best is a Patrick O'Shaughnessy interview podcast used here as a source for founder/operator, product, investing, and AI-era company-building mental models. John Collison John Collison is a Stripe cofounder whose lecture stresses transparency, early hiring, fast onboarding, and feedback as cultural infrastructure. Justin Kan Justin Kan is a founder speaker in the lecture on doing things that do not scale and a cofounder referenced in Emmett Shear’s user-interview lecture. Kate Deering Kate Deering is the author of How to Heal Your Metabolism, a nutrition and lifestyle book in the Ray Peat/Broda Barnes-influenced tradition. In this wiki she is a source for metabolism-as-a-health-model,... Keith Rabois Keith Rabois is an operator/investor associated in this wiki with startup operating systems, talent frameworks, decision-making, and contrarian company-building. His YC lecture introduced the editor metaphor, barrels... Kevin Hale Kevin Hale is the Wufoo founder whose lecture translates “build something users love” into product craft, emotional detail, support, and user relationship design. Kirsty Nathoo Kirsty Nathoo is a startup finance/accounting expert whose lecture covers startup formation, equity, records, accounting, taxes, and operating hygiene. Marc Andreessen Marc Andreessen is a venture investor whose lecture frames venture as an outlier business, investing in strength rather than lack of weakness, and using rounds to remove layers of risk. Michael Seibel Michael Seibel is a YC partner/founder speaker in lecture 19 on talking to investors and communicating startup progress clearly. Parker Conrad Parker Conrad is the Zenefits founder whose fundraising lesson is that the easiest money comes when the underlying business is clearly working. Patrick Collison Patrick Collison is a Stripe cofounder whose lecture frames culture as the invariant that scales when founders can no longer be in every decision. Paul Graham Paul Graham is a YC founder and essayist whose lecture explains why startups are counterintuitive, why “playing house” is dangerous, and how founders should think about ideas. Peter Thiel Peter Thiel is a PayPal and Palantir cofounder and investor whose lecture argues startups should aim for monopoly rather than competition. Reid Hoffman Reid Hoffman is the LinkedIn founder and investor whose lecture analyses founder judgement, contrarian theses, networks, risk, persistence, and adaptation. Ron Conway Ron Conway is an angel investor whose fundraising advice emphasises founder leadership, communication, product obsession, decisiveness, trust, and getting commitments in writing. Sam Altman Sam Altman is a YC leader and recurring lecturer in this source set. His lectures provide the course spine: ideas, products, teams, execution, and later-stage scaling. Stanley Tang Stanley Tang is a DoorDash cofounder whose lecture section gives a concrete example of launching fast and doing manual work before scaling. Tyler Bosmeny Tyler Bosmeny is the Clever founder whose lecture explains early startup sales as founder-led prospecting, listening, follow-up, closing, and qualification. Walker Williams Walker Williams is a founder speaker in the lecture on doing things that do not scale, PR, and getting started. Y Combinator Y Combinator is the startup accelerator behind the How to Start a Startup lecture series. In this wiki, it is a source of founder/operator mental models rather than a general company profile.