“Graham excuses himself for a moment to go over to his laptop and look up what he had written in his notes after their interview. When he returns, he reports that he had written the following: “Insanely energetic founders. Fund… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image
“Graham excuses himself for a moment to go over to his laptop and look up what he had written in his notes after their… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image
“Launch Fast” is Paul Graham’s mantra. Move from the idea to a minimally functional product as quickly as possible. Only by getting a product… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image
The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image
“advice: “In general, don’t hide your disasters. We’re not going to take the money back.” He says this lightly, as if delivering a joke,… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image
“Graham conveys the sense that good ideas are plentiful, waiting for someone to come along and pluck them off the ground. “There’s a bunch… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image
“The collective value of a typical venture capital portfolio will go down before it goes up—the pattern is called the J curve—because the companies… — Randall E. Stross Copy Share Image