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"Doing things that don't scale" refers to the practice of founders engaging in manual, labor-intensive tasks to acquire early customers and validate their ideas. Paul Graham of Y Combinator emphasizes that startups often need to perform unscalable actionsālike personally delivering products or providing hands-on customer serviceāto learn from their initial users and refine their offerings. This approach helps founders understand their market better and build strong relationships, laying a solid foundation for future growth, even if it seems counterintuitive at first Perplexity said this. I'll find a good video and share that with u
Gareeb InvestorĀ ā¢Ā 1y
Do You know ā What is "FOUNDER MODE" By Paul Graham š„ "Founder Mode," as coined by Paul Graham, is a state where startup founders become deeply focused and relentless. It involves intense problem-solving, long hours, and prioritizing the company'
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Unfiltered and real ...Ā ā¢Ā 1y
Topmate - The Scam. Singlehandedly ruined the image of Indian Startups last week. Here's what happened: They listed big people like Elon Musk, Paul Graham, Naval Ravikant, Mr beast on their website and promoted that as if its true. Here's the cra
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"The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing." Paul Graham on how to get startup ideas: https://paulgra
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Building JalSeva and...Ā ā¢Ā 1y
Day - 03 š„ ( Summary) Topic :- Before the startup (Paul Graham) Paul Graham discusses the counterintuitive nature of startups, emphasizing the importance of intuition about people, understanding users, and the all-consuming nature of startup lif
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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
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š Brains vs. Determination in Startups ⢠Everyone thinks startups win because founders are smart. ⢠Truth: Determination beats intelligence as the deciding factor. ⢠Plenty of people as smart as Bill Gates achieve nothing, because they quit.
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