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A Conversation with Paul Graham - Moderated by Geoff Ralston

Y Combinator · 258.8K views · 2018-09-01 · 1:03:11

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Y Combinator's Geoff Ralston interviews Paul Graham about startups and founders in a Startup School conversation. It touches on Viaweb, Robert Morris and what makes founders effective.

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HN mostly cites it for specific Graham remarks, such as advice to find a paying customer and a recent interview about Viaweb.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2020

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sirodoht · 2018-10 · Recommendation

Here is a (recent) very interesting interview with PG, among others, talking about Viaweb. Bonus points: very funny. [VIDEO]

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sirodoht · 2020-10 · Reference

It feels like YC is the mainstream thing nowadays, the traditional school of startupery. But startup founders and hackers like the naughty [0] things, not the established. [0]: [VIDEO]

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shreyas-satish · 2020-07 · Reference

Find a customer. If you can find one customer who has a pain point that is strong enough for which they are willing to pay $$ and even tolerate a sub-standard product/service, you're probably on to something. This is also what PG advises [0]. I've been bootstrapping my startup, I landed a fairly well-known startup as a client which is helping a great deal. Delivering a good quality service gave me capital and credibility to now parlay for future business. [0] [VIDEO]

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