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• Paul Graham:

  Some people just get what they want in the world.

• Paul Graham:

  Startups often have to do dubious things.

• Paul Graham:

  Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get

• Paul Graham:

  What I tell founders is not to sweat the business model too much at first. The most important task

• Paul Graham:

  I get a lot of criticism for telling founders to focus first on making something great, instead of

• Paul Graham:

  One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies.

• Paul Graham:

  You know your business model is broken when you're suing your customers.

• Paul Graham:

  Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you'

• Paul Graham:

  If you could replace high-school yearbooks, that could be a lot of money. It's so clearly waiting f

• Paul Graham:

  It's hard to say exactly what it is about face-to-face contact that makes deals happen, but whateve