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HOW TO DO GREAT WORK BY PAUL GRAHAM ✦ Great Work has no precise definition but it is doing something important so well that you expand people's ideas of what's possible ✦ Mapped by @jasonshen

How Bad Entrepreneurs Reveal Themselves in the First 5 Seconds of a Pitch: 1.Lack of Preparation: Vague statements, fumbling words, poor equipment handling. ------------------------------------------------------ 2.Failing to Grab Attention: Irrelev

In 2010, two Irish kids set out to pull off the biggest upset in Silicon Valley history. With one email to Paul Graham and a simple hack, they built a $95B company. Here's the crazy story: At 16, Patrick and John Collison built software for eBay

ViaWeb, the Shopify of 1900s! So, in 1990s, when the world was Still trying to adapt to the internet, Paul Graham along with his 2 friends were working on something big! They were making a tool that helped people make and manage their online stores

Why and How YC Was Started? So, raising seed funding was always slow, complicated, and a hard job. Founders often relied on informal investments from friends or family, with little to no standardization, leaving them vulnerable to legal and financi

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman: Founders have no work-life balance Starting a startup means giving everything you’ve got. Reid Hoffman says, “Founders have no balance,” and Elon Musk believes, “If others work 40 hours, work 80.” Success often dema

Brian Chesky explains how Airbnb solved the chicken-and-egg problem Marketplaces are tough to build. No buyers, no sellers. No sellers, no buyers. This problem almost killed Airbnb. Homeowners wouldn’t list their homes because no one was booking. T

10 Silent Signals Investors Aren't Interested in Your Startup: 1. No Tough Questions– Passive agreement means they're not engaged. Real interest comes with challenging your pitch. 2. Lack of Improvement Feedback– Interested investors want you to su

Paul Graham: “In the best startups each founder is king of their own domain” Great partnerships are built on mutual respect and clear boundaries. Take Apple’s early days as an example: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs had very different strengths. Wo

Y Combinator backed startups are worth $100B+ Here are 13 must-have resources for founders to learn from YC 👇 These resources cover everything for early-stage founders - from the idea stage and getting into YC to launching and raising funds: 1.)