If you could replace high-school yearbooks, that could be a lot of money. It's so clearly waiting for someone to come along. Paul Graham highlotmoney Change image and share on social
Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself. Paul Graham childexperiencehard Change image and share on social
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about. Paul Graham fewthrashunderstand Change image and share on social
Small-business customers are very conservative and very cheap. We don't have to explain ourselves for the most part. Paul Graham businesscheapconservative Change image and share on social
Startups often have to do dubious things. Paul Graham dubiousstartupthing Change image and share on social
It's hard to say exactly what it is about face-to-face contact that makes deals happen, but whatever it is, it hasn't yet been duplicated by technology. Paul Graham contactdealduplicate Change image and share on social
Some people just get what they want in the world. Paul Graham peopleworld Change image and share on social
Empirically the way you get a product visionary as CEO is for him to found the company and not get fired. Paul Graham ceocompanyempirically Change image and share on social
Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design - designing too early what a program should do. Paul Graham dangerdesignearly Change image and share on social
When Facebook first started, and it was just a social directory for undergrads at Harvard, it would have seemed like such a bad startup idea, like some student side project. Paul Graham baddirectoryfacebook Change image and share on social
