Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Founders
Paul Graham reflects on 21 years of Y Combinator and 47 startup batches, emphasizing that the core of startup success remains unchanged: formidable founders driven by ambition and the relentless pace of shipping. While AI has transformed technical capabilities, the fundamentals of buildin
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