Paul Graham

“They're publishing when they truly have something to say, they're not publishing try to hit a deadline, which I think is a trap because you're then forced to try to be a creative genius on account on a schedule, which is like near impossible.”

“Paul Graham, who created YC, which is, I think probably the most successful tech startup actually, because it created sure all these other tech startups and like I created Dropbox and it created Airbnb. They probably wouldn't like to say created, but like they…”

“Yeah, I actually, I mean, this was probably 13 years ago now, but I had a one-on-one with Polygram and I asked him to share, like, who do you think the most you know, successful people you've ever met? Like, who will that end up being 30 years from now if we h…”

“As soon as somebody showed any sign of interest, they would say, awesome. Do you have your laptop on you? I can just set you up right now. I'll do it for you. And they would literally brute force get customers on board. The person would open up their laptop an…”

“Startups happen because the founder makes them happen. They take off because the founder makes them take off. And he goes, it's like an engine, right? You can't force something that's never going to work to work. What you can do is if something has the potenti…”

“Brian Chesky reposted it twice in one day. Joe Gabby reposted it. Paul Graham repost, quote tweeted it. And then like, you know, twenty million views total in the first day.”

“I think Paul's got, his superpower is like not, he only sees what's possible and like how valuable or big could this thing be if everything works and he ignores every other outcome that's possible. And that is probably the right way to do seed investing, you k…”

“Paul Graham, even he was my mentor and he's like, you're going to be one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time. You, Patrick Halston and Sam Altman.”