Sublime

I should mention one sort of initial tactic that usually doesn't work: the Big Launch. I occasionally meet founders who seem to believe startups are projectiles rather than powered aircraft, and that they'll make it big if and only if they're launched with sufficient initial velocity. They want to launch simultaneously in 8 different publications,... See more

paul graham wants to tell you something https://t.co/77QuuetC7y

Sometimes we advise founders of B2B startups to take over-engagement to an extreme, and to pick a single user and act as if they were consultants building something just for that one user. The initial user serves as the form for your mold; keep tweaking till you fit their needs perfectly, and you'll usually find you've made something other users... See more

Paul Graham on Fierce Nerds https://t.co/CqxtBK1tZa

Paul Graham one-pager on how to start a startup: https://t.co/L7HgZEcyVo

Paul Graham on why ambitious people *need* to be around other ambitious people: