Paul Graham
YC co-founder; referenced in a mentorship moment about migrations and scalability.
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Videos Mentioning Paul Graham
OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino
Lenny's Podcast
Mentioned in the context of his taste and simple attire (cargo shorts) to illustrate that taste is not solely about aesthetics, referencing a tweet from the head of product at Linear.
$4.6B CEO: Excellence Is the Capacity to Take Pain
The Knowledge Project Podcast
Mentioned for his essay 'Default Dead,' which discusses the imperative for founders to act when facing existential risk, as inaction leads to guaranteed failure.
Poolside’s Model Factory, Laguna S, Open Models, and the Race to AGI — Eiso Kant, Poolside AI
Latent Space
Referred to in the context of an early language model example, a Paul Graham generator.
How Two French Engineers In New York Built The Company That Monitors The Entire Cloud
Y Combinator
Co-founder of Y Combinator, who sent Olivier a rejection email, which Olivier kept as a motivational item.
Patrick Collison: "What If You Succeed?"
Y Combinator
Co-founder of Y Combinator, known for terms like 'schle blindness' related to startup work.
Who You Meet Down America’s Forgotten Backroads - Peter Santenello
Chris Williamson
The host mentions Paul Graham and his essay 'Manager Mode vs. Maker Mode'.
Garry Tan: "Personal AGI Is How You Stay Under Your Own Power"
Y Combinator
Co-founder of Y Combinator, whose advice to 'make something people want' and 'do things that don't scale' is revisited in the context of personal AGI.
Max Hodak: What Really Kills Deep Tech Startups?
Y Combinator
Authored a piece about the 'vibes' of different cities, relating to the motivations of founders.
3 killer businesses hiding in plain sight
My First Million
Author of the essay 'How to Do Great Work', which outlines a system for entrepreneurial success based on excitement and identifying gaps.
Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Founders
Y Combinator
Co-founder of Y Combinator, discusses startup philosophy, founder traits, and the evolution of AI.
I've scaled 3 different companies to 9 figures. Here's how.
My First Million
Author of the 'founder mode' blog post, which discusses the unique mindset required for entrepreneurs.