Idea: Adversarial rendering. Builders proposing a new project should have to release enough of their design files for third parties to create renderi… - Paul Graham

I noticed an interesting equivalence that obtains between two apparently unrelated things. The percentage of live music in restaurants that's not loud enough = the percentage of awards ceremonies that are too short.

It's a fallacy to think you should drop out of college because you have an idea that has to be implemented right now, or it will be too late. If you stay in school you'll have other and better ideas.

Don't fear competitors who've raised a lot, unless you can say precisely how all that extra money is going to make them beat you. E.g. if ads are the only way to acquire users, and they can buy all the ads, you're in trouble. But money per se is not dangerous.