Find the Simplest Thing That Works
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2025
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Founders reach for complexity by default. Naval's antidote: aggressively pursue the simplest thing that works, even when it feels embarrassing. Complexity is a mask for not understanding the problem yet.
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