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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. Pricing? by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You have to make something that customers want, AND be able to supply it for a profit for what they are willing to pay for it.

    That's another little detail.

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    The party of stupid and the party of evil get together and do something both stupid and evil, then call it bipartisan.
  2. ABC's of BS by micromoog · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Most. Worthless. Analysis. Ever.

  3. Three steps by Crash24 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Tell a random Venture Capitalist about your new Intarweb Cyberspace killer app startup.
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

    Wait, this isn't 1999...