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office-hours

Facilitates brainstorming and design thinking for startups, helping to evaluate product ideas and document design processes.

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The office-hours skill was audited on May 12, 2026 and we found 144 security issues across 5 threat categories, including 1 high-severity. Review the findings below before installing.

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427echo "before relying on \`gbrain search\` for code questions in this worktree."
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2022```bash
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825curl -fsSL "https://bun.sh/install" -o "$tmpfile"
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14194. POST the new HTML to the running server via `curl -X POST http://localhost:PORT/api/reload -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"html":"$_DESIGN_DIR/design-board.html"}'`
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44glob: "~/.gstack/builder-profile.jsonl"
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49glob: "~/.gstack/projects/{repo_slug}/*-design-*.md"
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55glob: "~/.gstack/analytics/eureka.jsonl"
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65_UPD=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-update-check 2>/dev/null || .claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-update-check 2>/dev/null || true)
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67mkdir -p ~/.gstack/sessions
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68touch ~/.gstack/sessions/"$PPID"
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69_SESSIONS=$(find ~/.gstack/sessions -mmin -120 -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
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70find ~/.gstack/sessions -mmin +120 -type f -exec rm {} + 2>/dev/null || true
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71_PROACTIVE=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get proactive 2>/dev/null || echo "true")
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72_PROACTIVE_PROMPTED=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.proactive-prompted ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
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75_SKILL_PREFIX=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get skill_prefix 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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79source <(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-repo-mode 2>/dev/null) || true
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82_LAKE_SEEN=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.completeness-intro-seen ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
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84_TEL=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get telemetry 2>/dev/null || true)
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85_TEL_PROMPTED=$([ -f ~/.gstack/.telemetry-prompted ] && echo "yes" || echo "no")
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90_EXPLAIN_LEVEL=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get explain_level 2>/dev/null || echo "default")
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93_QUESTION_TUNING=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get question_tuning 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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95mkdir -p ~/.gstack/analytics
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97echo '{"skill":"office-hours","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'","repo":"'$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")'"}' >> ~/.gstack/analytics/skil
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99for _PF in $(find ~/.gstack/analytics -maxdepth 1 -name '.pending-*' 2>/dev/null); do
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101if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ] && [ -x "~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log" ]; then
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102~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log --event-type skill_run --skill _pending_finalize --outcome unknown --session-id "$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null || true
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108eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || true
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114~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-learnings-search --limit 3 2>/dev/null || true
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119~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-timeline-log '{"skill":"office-hours","event":"started","branch":"'"$_BRANCH"'","session":"'"$_SESSION_ID"'"}' 2>/dev/null &
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124_ROUTING_DECLINED=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get routing_declined 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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135_CHECKPOINT_MODE=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get checkpoint_mode 2>/dev/null || echo "explicit")
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136_CHECKPOINT_PUSH=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get checkpoint_push 2>/dev/null || echo "false")
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144In plan mode, allowed because they inform the plan: `$B`, `$D`, `codex exec`/`codex review`, writes to `~/.gstack/`, writes to the plan file, and `open` for generated artifacts.
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152If `SKILL_PREFIX` is `"true"`, suggest/invoke `/gstack-*` names. Disk paths stay `~/.claude/skills/gstack/[skill-name]/SKILL.md`.
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154If output shows `UPGRADE_AVAILABLE <old> <new>`: read `~/.claude/skills/gstack/gstack-upgrade/SKILL.md` and follow the "Inline upgrade flow" (auto-upgrade if configured, otherwise AskUserQuestion with
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159- Missing `~/.claude/skills/gstack/.feature-prompted-continuous-checkpoint`: AskUserQuestion for Continuous checkpoint auto-commits. If accepted, run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set che
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160- Missing `~/.claude/skills/gstack/.feature-prompted-model-overlay`: inform "Model overlays are active. MODEL_OVERLAY shows the patch." Always touch marker.
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173If B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set explain_level terse`.
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177rm -f ~/.gstack/.writing-style-prompt-pending
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178touch ~/.gstack/.writing-style-prompted
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187touch ~/.gstack/.completeness-intro-seen
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200If A: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set telemetry community`
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210If B→A: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set telemetry anonymous`
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211If B→B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set telemetry off`
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215touch ~/.gstack/.telemetry-prompted
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228If A: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set proactive true`
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229If B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set proactive false`
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233touch ~/.gstack/.proactive-prompted
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274If B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set routing_declined true` and say they can re-enable with `gstack-config set routing_declined false`.
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278If `VENDORED_GSTACK` is `yes`, warn once via AskUserQuestion unless `~/.gstack/.vendoring-warned-$SLUG` exists:
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2903. Run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-team-init required` (or `optional`)
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2925. Tell the user: "Done. Each developer now runs: `cd ~/.claude/skills/gstack && ./setup --team`"
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298eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || true
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299touch ~/.gstack/.vendoring-warned-${SLUG:-unknown}
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402_BRAIN_SYNC_BIN="~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-brain-sync"
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403_BRAIN_CONFIG_BIN="~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config"
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507If A/B and `~/.gstack/.git` is missing, ask whether to run `gstack-artifacts-init`. Do not block the skill.
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512"~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-brain-sync" --discover-new 2>/dev/null || true
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513"~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-brain-sync" --once 2>/dev/null || true
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556eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
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711Before each AskUserQuestion, choose `question_id` from `scripts/question-registry.ts` or `{skill}-{slug}`, then run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-question-preference --check "<id>"`. `AUTO_DECID
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715~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-question-log '{"skill":"office-hours","question_id":"<id>","question_summary":"<short>","category":"<approval|clarification|routing|cherry-pick|feedback-loop>","door
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724~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-question-preference --write '{"question_id":"<id>","preference":"<pref>","source":"inline-user","free_text":"<optional original words>"}'
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739Before building anything unfamiliar, **search first.** See `~/.claude/skills/gstack/ETHOS.md`.
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744jq -n --arg ts "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" --arg skill "SKILL_NAME" --arg branch "$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null)" --arg insight "ONE_LINE_SUMMARY" '{ts:$ts,skill:$skill,branch:$branch,i
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762~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-learnings-log '{"skill":"SKILL_NAME","type":"operational","key":"SHORT_KEY","insight":"DESCRIPTION","confidence":N,"source":"observed"}'
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772`~/.gstack/analytics/`, matching preamble analytics writes.
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779rm -f ~/.gstack/analytics/.pending-"$_SESSION_ID" 2>/dev/null || true
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781~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-timeline-log '{"skill":"SKILL_NAME","event":"completed","branch":"'$(git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)'","outcome":"OUTCOME","duration_s":"'"$_T
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784echo '{"skill":"SKILL_NAME","duration_s":"'"$_TEL_DUR"'","outcome":"OUTCOME","browse":"USED_BROWSE","session":"'"$_SESSION_ID"'","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'"}' >> ~/.gstack/analytics/skill-
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787if [ "$_TEL" != "off" ] && [ -x ~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log ]; then
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788~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-telemetry-log \
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798In plan mode before ExitPlanMode: if the plan file lacks `## GSTACK REVIEW REPORT`, run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-review-read` and append the standard runs/status/findings table. With `NO_RE
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853eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
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862ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null
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871_CROSS_PROJ=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config get cross_project_learnings 2>/dev/null || echo "unset")
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874~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-learnings-search --limit 10 --cross-project 2>/dev/null || true
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876~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-learnings-search --limit 10 2>/dev/null || true
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891If A: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set cross_project_learnings true`
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892If B: run `~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-config set cross_project_learnings false`
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1147grep -li "<keyword1>\|<keyword2>\|<keyword3>" ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-design-*.md 2>/dev/null
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1154This enables cross-team discovery — multiple users exploring the same project will see each other's design docs in `~/.gstack/projects/`.
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1252"IMPORTANT: Do NOT read or execute any files under ~/.claude/, ~/.agents/, .claude/skills/, or agents/. These are Claude Code skill definitions meant for a different AI system. They contain bash scrip
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1379eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)"
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1545eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths)"
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1561eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths)"
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1575eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug 2>/dev/null)" && mkdir -p ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG
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1583PRIOR=$(ls -t ~/.gstack/projects/$SLUG/*-$BRANCH-design-*.md 2>/dev/null | head -1)
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1587Write to `~/.gstack/projects/{slug}/{user}-{branch}-design-{datetime}.md`.
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1767mkdir -p ~/.gstack/analytics
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1768echo '{"skill":"office-hours","ts":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)'","iterations":ITERATIONS,"issues_found":FOUND,"issues_fixed":FIXED,"remaining":REMAINING,"quality_score":SCORE}' >> ~/.gstack/analy
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1792PROFILE=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-builder-profile 2>/dev/null) || PROFILE="SESSION_COUNT: 0
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1916**Builder Journey Summary** (session 5+): Auto-generate `~/.gstack/builder-journey.md`
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1920eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths)"
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1936Auto-generate updated `~/.gstack/builder-journey.md` with narrative arc. Open it.
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2023eval "$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths)"
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2029mkdir -p ~/.gstack/analytics
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2030echo '{"skill":"office-hours","event":"resources_shown","count":NUM_RESOURCES,"categories":"CAT1,CAT2","ts":"'"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"'"}' >> ~/.gstack/analytics/skill-usage.jsonl 2>/dev/null
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2056The design doc at `~/.gstack/projects/` is automatically discoverable by downstream skills — they will read it during their pre-review system audit.
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2066~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-learnings-log '{"skill":"office-hours","type":"TYPE","key":"SHORT_KEY","insight":"DESCRIPTION","confidence":N,"source":"SOURCE","files":["path/to/relevant/file"]}'
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364writes `\u3103` thinking it is 管 U+7BA1, but `\u3103` is
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183If `LAKE_INTRO` is `no`: say "gstack follows the **Boil the Lake** principle — do the complete thing when AI makes marginal cost near-zero. Read more: https://garryslist.org/posts/boil-the-ocean" Offe
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186open https://garryslist.org/posts/boil-the-ocean
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825curl -fsSL "https://bun.sh/install" -o "$tmpfile"
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14194. POST the new HTML to the running server via `curl -X POST http://localhost:PORT/api/reload -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"html":"$_DESIGN_DIR/design-board.html"}'`
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1841- If yes: run `open https://ycombinator.com/apply?ref=gstack` and say: "Bring this design doc to your YC interview. It's better than most pitch decks."
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19751. "My $200 million startup mistake: Peter Thiel asked and I said no" (5 min) — The single best "why you should take the leap" video. Peter Thiel writes him a check at dinner, he says no because he mi
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19762. "Unconventional Advice for Founders" (48 min, Stanford) — The magnum opus. Covers everything a pre-launch founder needs: get therapy before your psychology kills your company, good ideas look like
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19773. "The New Way To Build A Startup" (8 min) — The 2026 playbook. Introduces the "20x company" — tiny teams beating incumbents through AI automation. Three real case studies. If you're starting somethi
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19784. "How To Build The Future: Sam Altman" (30 min) — Sam talks about what it takes to go from an idea to something real — picking what's important, finding your tribe, and why conviction matters more t
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19795. "What Founders Can Do To Improve Their Design Game" (15 min) — Garry was a designer before he was an investor. Taste and craft are the real competitive advantage, not MBA skills or fundraising tric
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19826. "Tom Blomfield: How I Created Two Billion-Dollar Fintech Startups" (20 min) — Tom built Monzo from nothing into a bank used by 10% of the UK. The actual human journey — fear, mess, persistence. Mak
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19837. "DoorDash CEO: Customer Obsession, Surviving Startup Death & Creating A New Market" (30 min) — Tony started DoorDash by literally driving food deliveries himself. If you've ever thought "I'm not th
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19868. "How to Spend Your 20s in the AI Era" (40 min) — The old playbook (good job, climb the ladder) may not be the best path anymore. How to position yourself to build things that matter in an AI-first
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19879. "How Do Billion Dollar Startups Start?" (25 min) — They start tiny, scrappy, and embarrassing. Demystifies the origin stories and shows that the beginning always looks like a side project, not a co
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198810. "Billion-Dollar Unpopular Startup Ideas" (25 min) — Uber, Coinbase, DoorDash — they all sounded terrible at first. The best opportunities are the ones most people dismiss. Liberating if your idea
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198911. "Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS" (40 min) — The most-watched Lightcone episode. If you're building in AI, this is the landscape map — where the biggest opportunities are and why
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199012. "The Truth About Building AI Startups Today" (35 min) — Cuts through the hype. What's actually working, what's not, and where the real defensibility comes from in AI startups right now. https://ww
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199113. "Startup Ideas You Can Now Build With AI" (30 min) — Concrete, actionable ideas for things that weren't possible 12 months ago. If you're looking for what to build, start here. https://www.youtube
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199214. "Vibe Coding Is The Future" (30 min) — Building software just changed forever. If you can describe what you want, you can build it. The barrier to being a technical founder has never been lower. h
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199315. "How To Get AI Startup Ideas" (30 min) — Not theoretical. Walks through specific AI startup ideas that are working right now and explains why the window is open. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA
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199416. "10 People + AI = Billion Dollar Company?" (25 min) — The thesis behind the 20x company. Small teams with AI leverage are outperforming 100-person incumbents. If you're a solo builder or small tea
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199717. "Should You Start A Startup?" (17 min, Harj Taggar) — Directly addresses the question most people are too afraid to ask out loud. Breaks down the real tradeoffs honestly, without hype. https://www
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199818. "How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas" (30 min, Jared Friedman) — YC's most-watched Startup School video. How founders actually stumbled into their ideas by paying attention to problems in their
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199919. "How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos" (20 min) — His company Bump was dying. He noticed a photo-sharing behavior in his own data, and it became Google Photos (1B+ users). A
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200020. "Tips For Technical Startup Founders" (15 min, Diana Hu) — How to leverage your engineering skills as a founder rather than thinking you need to become a different person. https://www.youtube.com/
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200121. "Why Startup Founders Should Launch Companies Sooner Than They Think" (12 min, Tyler Bosmeny) — Most builders over-prepare and under-ship. If your instinct is "it's not ready yet," this will push
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200222. "How To Talk To Users" (20 min, Gustaf Alströmer) — You don't need sales skills. You need genuine conversations about problems. The most approachable tactical talk for someone who's never done it.
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200323. "How To Find A Co-Founder" (15 min, Harj Taggar) — The practical mechanics of finding someone to build with. If "I don't want to do this alone" is stopping you, this removes that blocker. https://
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200424. "Should You Quit Your Job At A Unicorn?" (12 min, Tom Blomfield) — Directly speaks to people at big tech companies who feel the pull to build something of their own. If that's your situation, this
low line 2007

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200725. "How to Do Great Work" — Not about startups. About finding the most meaningful work of your life. The roadmap that often leads to founding without ever saying "startup." https://paulgraham.com/gre
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200826. "How to Do What You Love" — Most people keep their real interests separate from their career. Makes the case for collapsing that gap — which is usually how companies get born. https://paulgraham.c
low line 2009

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200927. "The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius" — The thing you're obsessively into that other people find boring? PG argues it's the actual mechanism behind every breakthrough. https://paulgraham.com/genius.ht
low line 2010

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201028. "Why to Not Not Start a Startup" — Takes apart every quiet reason you have for not starting — too young, no idea, don't know business — and shows why none hold up. https://paulgraham.com/notnot.ht
low line 2011

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201129. "Before the Startup" — Written specifically for people who haven't started anything yet. What to focus on now, what to ignore, and how to tell if this path is for you. https://paulgraham.com/befor
low line 2012

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201230. "Superlinear Returns" — Some efforts compound exponentially; most don't. Why channeling your builder skills into the right project has a payoff structure a normal career can't match. https://paulg
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201331. "How to Get Startup Ideas" — The best ideas aren't brainstormed. They're noticed. Teaches you to look at your own frustrations and recognize which ones could be companies. https://paulgraham.com/s
low line 2014

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201432. "Schlep Blindness" — The best opportunities hide inside boring, tedious problems everyone avoids. If you're willing to tackle the unsexy thing you see up close, you might already be standing on a
low line 2015

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201533. "You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss" — If working inside a big organization has always felt slightly wrong, this explains why. Small groups on self-chosen problems is the natural state for builders.
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201634. "Relentlessly Resourceful" — PG's two-word description of the ideal founder. Not "brilliant." Not "visionary." Just someone who keeps figuring things out. If that's you, you're already qualified.
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