Before the Startup with Paul Graham (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 3)

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Published 2017-03-18

How to Start a Startup is a series of video lectures, initially given at Stanford in Fall 2014.

Lecture Transcript: www.tech.genius.com/Paul-graham-lecture-3-counteri…

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

See the readings at www.startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec03

Discuss this lecture: www.startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup…

All Comments (21)

@denzelmosore 5 years ago

Insightful, exciting, focused, fun and inspiring. PG is just great.
@MoniCastApp 2 years ago

It does not matter when you are listening to this lecture, it will be always relevant and insightful. PG's essays are engaging!
@brianpeterbroderick 5 years ago

This guy has great vibe. -"I'm self indulgent. I like working on interesting problems."
@Kingromstar 2 years ago

Such great advice. 1: be a domain expert 2: be voraciously curious.
@sawaria123 2 years ago

Voice of Graham itself is soothing. Excellent presentation in a witty way.
@mylesbuckley9675 1 year ago

His test for "a taste for genuinely interesting problems" is genius. It explains so much.
@ssamiuddin1 3 years ago

Wise as ever, and a quicker wit than most stand-up comedians! :)
@surethebest 3 years ago

Thank you Paul Graham! So much value in a few minutes. Cheers from Paris
@rhondamthomas6500 4 years ago

As a start-up founder in the Caribbean this is excellent - content and humor. Wish I can get more of this and more of Paul Graham. Well done.
@nimishjha9993 4 years ago

"Because there's a lot of people who are really good at seeming likeable for a while. Just wait 'til your interests are opposed and then you'll see."
@hyunseoksohn4165 4 years ago

Paul GraUhmm
@PremKumar-zj7ur 2 years ago

Humm..this 48 minutes is better insightful than 2 years of MBA course! Fucking brilliant
@adamlee9347 5 years ago

PG! I watch this video every threee months
@slaveofallah6452 3 years ago

I started a vending machine business last year as a side job while I am employed to a corporate world. Now I rely more on my earnings in my vending machine business.
@margaretcezar1109 2 years ago

He is full of wisdom. I didn't know that good sense of humor can go well together with it. 🤣
@ozzyfromspace 4 years ago

His ummms are not neutral, you either love it or you hate it 😂
@devanshrana4564 3 years ago

watching this in pandemic in 2020 and 37:44 hit me so hard
@pjimenezb 2 years ago

Paul Graham is pure gold
@youfi6430 5 years ago

Liked it. Very reasonable, focus on developing a great product that people want to use, and make the numbers speak for you! The rest you could worry about it later.
@stefan-bayer 1 year ago

Currently in the progress of starting my own startup with a 3D printed product. After 47 iterations and half an year I hope futur customers will like it.