8 Paul Graham Quotes for You to Enjoy

Paul Graham

English Scientist

Born: Nov 13, 1964

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In the startup world, 'not working' is normal. Paul Graham

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If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student. Paul Graham

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If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about. Paul Graham

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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. Paul Graham

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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. Paul Graham

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