Paul Graham
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Sep 7, 2021 by Rob Walling · said 26 times in 16 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2025 3 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
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2023 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2022 4 mentions in 1 episode
2021 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2020 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
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Sep 7, 2021 positive
Walling: Paul Graham and YC ended startup term information asymmetry
“In my opinion, it was Paul Graham that changed it. It was Y Combinator, because before that, the docs were opaque. There was an information asymmetry where investors had all the info about terms, and we didn't as founders, and Paul Graham really changed that.”
Mar 26, 2024 negative
Walling: Online creators fail to credit established startup frameworks weekly
“Not a week goes by, literally not a week, sometimes it's more than that, that I don't see someone on Twitter, or YouTube, Reddit, Hacker News, claiming a concept, or even not claiming it, but not crediting a concept that's pretty well-defined, that either I in…”
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Jan 20, 2026
Walling: Obstinate founders fail by clinging to initial methods without luck
“The persistent are the ones that, they just figure it out, and the obstinate are the ones that get in their own way over and over and over. And the only way they're successful is if they happen to luck upon the right answer from the start because they're so at…”