How to Start a Startup
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2005
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The canonical 4-step formula: good people, build something users actually want, spend as little as possible. Most startups fail at #2. Talk to users. Build the smallest thing that solves their problem. Charge if you can. Everything else is procrastination dressed up as strategy.
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Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. !Image 6 March 2005 _(This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard Computer Society.)_ You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as…
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