Paul Graham, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Paul Graham comes up
Epic Systems (MyChart) · Acquired
- ▶ 3:21:46 Ben Gilbert So in Paul Graham's legendary 20 12 essay, Startups Equal Growth, he's talking about how the whole thing you need to do as a startup is focus on next week's growth.
- ▶ 3:22:29 Ben Gilbert I just thought, I don't know, it just jumped off the page at me that Judy, who has almost certainly never read any of Paul Graham's writings, had this same insight
- ▶ 3:23:06 David Rosenthal I was like, man, her story in this company kind of reminds me of Paul Graham and Y Combinator and there's so many resonances here, but they're also kind of like a different world.
- ▶ 3:23:39 David Rosenthal But the distance between Judy Faulkner and Paul Graham is actually not nearly as far as you would think.
Holiday Special 2023 (Audio) · Acquired
- ▶ 4:41 Ben Gilbert I think I read the Paul Graham article on kids.
Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
- ▶ 1:42:18 David Senra Berkshire, I'm going to go to Paul Graham too.
- ▶ 1:46:50 David Senra Paul Graham's essays.
- ▶ 1:46:51 David Senra Paul Graham's essays changed my life.
- ▶ 1:47:05 David Senra I read Paul Graham's essay, How to Do What You Love.
- ▶ 1:47:13 David Senra Are the three Paul Graham episodes I did.
- ▶ 1:47:52 David Senra It's not like you go to Paul Graham's, and he's got like, 10 banner ads for a bunch of shit.
- ▶ 2:34:51 David Senra But, like, the whole thing, like, when Peter Thiel says this in his book, Paul Graham says it, it's just, like, startups don't have the advantage, right, of you're not going to outspend Microsoft or Netflix on, so you've got to find…
- ▶ 2:37:55 Ben Gilbert Paul Graham replies on steroids.
- ▶ 2:58:04 David Senra Back then, this, this is something that Paul Graham made the point of, right?
ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis · Acquired
- ▶ 1:54:45 Ben Gilbert Because you probably need Paul Graham too.
- ▶ 1:54:47 Jason Calacanis Well, yeah, I mean, you got Paul Graham is in the running for sure, but that's like a number of startups, but there's a lot of big ones in there, you have big impacts, so Paul Graham's definitely running, but, okay, so, do you go with.
- ▶ 1:59:09 Jason Calacanis This is why like Paul Graham would be like, you know, uh, first ballot.
- ▶ 1:59:34 Jason Calacanis So Paul Graham's still playing in the league, right?
The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories · Acquired
- ▶ 21:41 Ben Gilbert And so, there's this great, ah, like everything in, ah, in startups, there's a great Paul Graham quote to go along with it.
Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
- ▶ 57:44 Anu Hariharan We saw that these companies still need help, and they, you know, and we are in a great place and an amazing platform that really kudos to PG and Jessica on how they built it.