Unexpected advantage of appointing board members who already have significant achievements: being on your board is not the main source of their impor… - Paul Graham
" "Unexpected advantage of appointing board members who already have significant achievements: being on your board is not the main source of their importance, so they won't tend to cling to their seats even when it's obviously time to leave.
About 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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As for building something users love, here are some general tips. Start by making something clean and simple that you would want to use yourself. Get a version 1.0 out fast, then continue to improve the software, listening closely to users as you do. The customer is always right, but different customers are right about different things; the least sophisticated users show you what you need to simplify and clarify, and the most sophisticated tell you what features you need to add.
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