Paul Graham, one of the founders of the startup incubator  Y-Combinator,  is undoubtedly among the key persons of Silicon Valley. Described as the hatchery for hackers and the American Idol of Silicon Valley, Y-Combinator aims at helping early-stage startups succeed. The idea is not only about investment: the main focus has always been in helping to develop the initial idea into a real business. Y-Combinator accepts also foreign startups and the application rounds are held twice a year. For our startups, we recommend browsing through the impressive Y-Combinator library list at http://ycombinator.com/lib.html

 Visit the School for Startups

 Ever wondered how Zynga founder Mark Pincus would guide you in choosing a board or how Gmail got started? What advice could Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson give to your company? Y-Combinator hosts every year a one-day Startup School with proclaimed speakers. All the speeches of Startup School 2009 can be found at http://www.justin.tv/startupschool, including speeches from for example Jason Fried (37signals), Biz Stone (Twitter) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)

Aaltoes recommends:

Aaltoes interviewing Paul Graham
Paul Graham A Student’s Guide to Startups
Paul Graham How to Survive Fundraising
Paul Graham The Hacker’s Guide to Investors

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This is the first post of our Global Entrepreneurship Week Five Favourites -series, exploring some the entrepreneurial inspiration available on the Internet.