Startup School 08, Creating a successful startup (Paul Graham)
2008 May 14
Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, speaks at Startup School 08 about how to create a successful startup.
Key Takeaways and Notes
- Make something people want and do not worry too much about the money
- There are parallels between a non profit and a startup, especially at the beginning stages (i.e craiglist)
- Benevolent startups often turn into great companies
- Benevolence increases morale, rallies people around you and it motivates you
- If your startup is small, cheap to run and committed you become hard to kill
- “A good plan violently executed now, is better then a perfect plan next week”
- When making decisions, do what is best for your users
- Be good
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