English - Scientist | November 13, 1964 -
There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere.
Paul Graham
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Some people just get what they want in the world.
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Startups often have to do dubious things.
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Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired.
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What I tell founders is not to sweat the business model too much at first. The most important task at first is to build something people want. If you don't do that, it won't matter how clever your business model is.
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I get a lot of criticism for telling founders to focus first on making something great, instead of worrying about how to make money. And yet that is exactly what Google did. And Apple, for that matter. You'd think examples like that would be enough to convince people.
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One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies.
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You know your business model is broken when you're suing your customers.
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Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself.
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If you could replace high-school yearbooks, that could be a lot of money. It's so clearly waiting for someone to come along.
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