10+ Best Articles on Paul Graham
The most useful articles on paul graham from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
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How Paul Graham Went From Painter to YCombinator Founder
Paul Graham is the co-founder of Y-Combinator, which is arguably the world’s most successful startup studio. His artistic background, combined with his techn...
Short Articles
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12 Books That Will Change Your Life, According to Business Icons
Investor Paul Graham just asked his network what book changed their lives. Get ready to buy some books.
The most common mistake when forecasting growth for new products (and how to fix it)
Forecasting weather is hard, and so is forecasting product growth. Startups are about growth Paul Graham’s essay in 2012 called “Startup = Growth” makes a big point in the first paragraph: A startup…
Bel
Oct 2019Bel is a spec for a new dialect of Lisp, written in itself. This should sound familiar to people familiar with Lisp's origins, because it's the way Lisp began.It consists of two text files…
Paul Graham on why he doesn’t like seeing college-age and younger founders
Yesterday, as part of some of its newest programming for startup founders, the startup incubator Y Combinator posted a new interview with its widely revered founder Paul Graham. The apparent idea was for Graham to share some deep thoughts about startups with fellow founder and current YC partner Ge…
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. July 2009One reason programmers dislike meetings so much is that they're on a different type of schedule from other people. Meetings cost them…
Long Articles
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Ahead of Its Time, Behind the Curve: Why Evernote Failed to Realize Its Potential
Legendary investor, programmer, and Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham once wrote that one of the best ways to come up with ideas for your next startup is to ask what product you wish someone else…
What Paul Graham Is Missing About Inequality — What’s The Future of Work?
Before he published his essay on inequality, Paul Graham sent it to me for comment. I sent him some quick impressions and promised a more…
Startup = Growth
Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. September 2012A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary…
Do Things that Don't Scale
July 2013One of the most common types of advice we give at Y Combinator is to do things that don't scale. A lot of would-be founders believe that startups either take off or don't. You build…
«It's not the product that should be insanely great, but the experience of being your user. The product is just one component of that»
At Initialized Capital, Odd Couple Alexis Ohanian And Garry Tan Look To Do VC Differently
Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan make an odd couple. But at VC firm Initialized Capital, they find success investing in startups differently -- using a philosophy equal parts Paul Graham and Peter Thiel.
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