Lecture 3 - Before the Startup (Paul Graham)

Paul Graham gave a talk to college students that covered this: link to 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.

PG decided this: link to 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

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

I share pg's distaste for the mouthful that is "entrepreneurship" ( link to 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".

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... link to this video

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. link to this video

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 form5) 0 link 1 link 2 link 3 link 4 link 5 link to this video

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