Lecture 3 - Before the Startup (Paul Graham)

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Recommends chrisa · 2024-09 · on “Ask HN: How do I find my co-founder?”

Paul Graham gave a talk to college students that covered this: [this video] In short: build things you are interested in with people who are also interested in those things. Don't call it a startup at first; just make projects.

Cites mhartl · 2014-10 · on “Lecture 3: How to Start a Startup”

I share pg's distaste for the mouthful that is "entrepreneurship" ( [this video] ). How about resurrecting the root, and using "enterprise" instead? Moving a language as big as English is a Brobdingnagian task, but few people are as well-positioned as pg to (re)introduce "enterprise" as a more economical alternative to "entrepreneurship".

Cites sreyaNotfilc · 2014-10 · on “Before the Startup”

Hey guys, I believe this is from the "How To Start A Startup Lecture 3", so if you'd like to hear it go here... [this video]

Cites anonbanker · 2015-10 · on “Write like you talk”

This is especially interesting, as pg uses a very creative variation on "Um"[1] (as a method of making people focus on the poigniant/funny statement he just made). I'm not sure if this is a case of someone weaponizing their verbal tic, but I think pg should probably add it to his actual writings. 1. [this video]

Cites f0e4c2f7 · 2022-07 · on “Ask HN: What are your favorite Essays/Longform blogposts”

There's No Speed Limit [0] How I Became The Honest Broker [1] Running with Bruce Lee [2] This excerpt from Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman [3] Before The Startup [4] (also available in video form[5]) [0] [LINK] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK] [3] [LINK] [4] [LINK] [5] [this video]

Cites BrandiATMuhkuh · 2024-10 · on “Typical Startup Mistakes – A YC-Collection”

Hi HN, I was the technical co-founder of a couple of startups that showed early promise but didn’t ultimately succeed. After my last attempt, I started digging into the reasons why, and found that YC pretty much has all the advice I wish I had from the start. One thing that really stood out was their list of “What not to do as a startup” (aka “Typical Startup Mistakes”). It’s a goldmine of advice that could have saved me a lot of headaches. I’ve put these insights together in a presentation and thought this would be the right place to share them. --- For convenience, I’ve added the presentation content as text below. --- Y Combinator Advice Authors - Michael Seibel (YC Partner and Managing D

Critical gct · 2014-11 · on “Mean People Fail”

PG decided this: [this video] was the right way to shut down a question he didn't think was up to snuff so I guess I'm not going to take his opinion on what is/isn't "mean" too seriously

Critical gct · 2015-08 · on “Your name is fine”

After seeing how PG treats people when the filter's off, I don't think I want to be in YC: [this video]