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Before Hacker News, and the wealth of Paul Graham essays that came with it, there was, for me, ignorance.
Of course, I’d heard about the “dotcom boom”, and, being a geek, I stayed relatively on the bleeding edge of tools and web-based startups. Hell, I even knew about Ruby on Rails and Basecamp. But the landscape of “learning about startups” was largely made up of the typical books you find in your average library, about “how to deal with your company finances”, “10 steps to marketing success” and other dispiriting works, along with more inspiring but largely useless biographies of successful businessmen.
So, when I stumbled upon this treasure trove of startup lore, it shaped my view of entrepreneurship for years to come. Thank you, Paul, for putting so much valuable insight online.
That said, today I want to, ungratefully, attack one theme that was common in those early essays, back in 2007 and earlier. Before I do this, it’s fair to point out that Paul’s view of this may well have changed since this was written (5 or more years ago!). There are many things I believed 5 years ago that I wouldn’t stand behind today.
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