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Paul Graham Explains How to Start a Startup

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spelling-it-out-for-ya dept.

woginuk writes "Paul Graham has posted a new essay on his website on how to start a startup. According to him 'You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed.' How difficult can that be? So go start them startups."

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  1. Where are my Millions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    First, I have excellent fucking people skills, I understand that people just want to be left alone and I didn't spend ANY money on that! Where is my friggin' BMW at?

    1. Re:Where are my Millions? by taustin · · Score: 4, Funny

      First, I have excellent fucking people skills

      There's your problem. If you want to succeed in business, and make your millions, you need excellent people fucking skills, not fucking people skills.

      I hear Bill Gates gives classes. Pants not required. Or allowed.

  2. There is only one thing they need... by gosand · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is one and only one thing that a startup needs. And that is the infamous: "???"

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  3. Re:Man last time I read something this positive by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Funny

    For example, I would be reluctant to start a startup with a woman who had small children, or was likely to have them soon. when you're starting a company, you can discriminate on any basis you want about who you start it with.

    "Hello, i'm Susan Johnson."
    "I'm going to call you Suzy."
    "Ummm, OK."
    "Actually, lets call you Suzy McTitsfull."
    "What??"
    "Are you a breeder McTitsfull? Because we're trying to start a business and we can't have your water breaking all over our nice Aerons."
    "That is none of your goddamn business."
    "Well, then we have something in common, because THIS isn't YOUR business, McTitsfull. I knew I shouldn't have interviewed some random gash. GOOD-BYE."

  4. stupid formatting by sootman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Paul,

    If you don't
    mind, I would
    like to have
    control over
    how wide a
    column of
    text appears
    in my web
    browser
    window.

    Thanks,
    Teh Intarweb

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    Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.