Just fix things that seem broken, regardless of whether it seems likes the problem is important enough to build a company on. - Paul Graham
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Just fix things that seem broken, regardless of whether it seems likes the problem is important enough to build a company on.
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Paul Graham
Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.
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