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carrja99
Thank you for this. I watched the video last night but was left a little out in the dark without any captions. Transcripts like this are a godsend for those of us with a hearing impairment!
nightpool
I'm glad to hear it was helpful! This was a community-led effort, and there were a lot of people involved in making this successful. It was crazy to see how many people volunteered, just among the Genius community.
bdevine
As someone who is similarly afflicted, here's a seconded "Thank you"!
ojbyrne
Personally I find this lecture to be not very good - its full of anecdotal evidence, confirmation bias, and "no true Scotsman" arguments.
charlespwd
I, too, was a bit disappointed. It felt like a videotaped blog post.

But then again, maybe I was expecting magic tricks where there aren't any.

ojbyrne
I can think of - mostly books - that gave me an "aha" moment. Off the top of my head I can think of "Four Steps to the Ephiphany" and "Crossing the Chasm."
charlespwd
Thanks for the tip; they went straight onto my list of books to read.
jonwachob91
Yea, no 'aha' moment. But then again it was only the first class... So hopefully more to come :)
cjbarber
Each to their own. I found it extremely interesting.

A nice counter to everyone wanting to start their own thing (definitely a common view point at Stanford) without necessarily thinking it through.

maxwin
Thank you very much. For those of us living in countries with have poor internet connection, this is really helpful.
visarga
How to start a startup lecture, lecture 1.