03 - Paul Graham - Before the Startup

How to Start a Startup by Y Combinator

Jan 6, 201648:07Business

Counterintuitive Parts of Startups, and How to Have Ideas Paul Graham delivers an informative (and highly amusing) talk, addressing counterintuitive parts of startups, in Lecture 3 of How to Start a Startup. Lecture Tran...

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