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Founders at Work

Book • 2001

Jessica Livingston

Founders at Work offers a firsthand look at the early days of influential startups, featuring interviews with founders like Steve Wozniak (Apple), Max Levchin (PayPal), and Caterina Fake (Flickr).

The book provides insights into the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned by these entrepreneurs as they built their companies.

It emphasizes the importance of perseverance and adaptability in startup success.

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Jessica Livingston

Mentioned in 14 episodes

Mentioned by

Spenser Skates

as a source of the takeaway that successful founders often persevere past the rational quitting point.

What Founders Have To Unlearn To Become Great CEOs

Mentioned by

Jessica Livingston

as a book capturing origin stories of successful companies.

The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of Y Combinator, author, podcast host)

Recommended by

AJ Bruno

as a book that tells the early stories of startups that she and Paul Graham had interacted with.

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Mentioned by Jessica Livingston, who is the author.

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Mentioned by

Spenser Skates

as an incredible set of stories from the early days of entrepreneurs.

Spenser Skates: How Perseverance Paid Off for Amplitude

Recommended by

Spenser Skates

as an invaluable resource with real stories from the early days of great companies.

Spenser Skates, Founder & CEO, Amplitude

Mentioned by

John Coogan

when highlighting Alex Mayer's inclusion in the book, written by Jessica Livingston.

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Mentioned by

Jessica Livingston

as the book in which the interview with Craig Newmark was featured.

Jared Friedman, Partner, Y Combinator; Co-founder, Scribd

Mentioned by

Sam Parr

as a book that fundamentally changed his outlook.

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Mentioned by

Jessica Livingston

as a book she wrote about her experiences with Y Combinator.

How YC Was Created With Jessica Livingston

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