Paul Graham
Startups & Essays30 essential Paul Graham essays — startups, makers, ideas, and how to think. The condensed reading list for indie hackers, founders, and curious minds.
About this vault
Paul Graham wrote 200+ essays at paulgraham.com over 25 years. This vault picks the 30 that matter most for builders today — covering startups (How to Start a Startup, Do Things that Don't Scale, Default Alive or Default Dead, Founder Mode), thinking and working (How to Do Great Work, The Top Idea in Your Mind, How to Think for Yourself), programming (Hackers and Painters, Beating the Averages, Great Hackers), society (Cities and Ambition, The Refragmentation), and life (Life is Short, What You'll Wish You'd Known). Organized by theme so you can read by interest, not chronology. AI summary on every essay so you can decide what to read in 5 seconds.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Paul Graham?
Paul Graham is covered in this Burn 451 vault with a focus on startups & essays. 30 essential Paul Graham essays — startups, makers, ideas, and how to think. The condensed reading list for indie hackers, founders, and curious minds.
How was the Paul Graham vault curated?
The Paul Graham vault was hand-curated by the Burn 451 editorial team from publicly available essays, blog posts, podcast transcripts, and social threads. Each piece includes an AI-generated summary so readers can triage in seconds. The vault auto-syncs as new content from Paul Graham is published.
How many articles are in the Paul Graham vault?
The Paul Graham vault currently contains 30 curated pieces organized by topic, not chronology. Each article has an AI summary and a direct link to the original source. Items are refreshed hourly through Burn 451's ISR pipeline, so new publications appear within a day.
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