“We need aggressive founders with large ambitions.
“Think about what you want to do. It needs to be big. And you need to be truly aggressive.”
“It is underestimated how much of a difference aggression and ambition make. I think 95% of a company's success is that.”
“A lot of
ran it through claude, asking: where are we based on this essay, here's what it said:
the test PG gives is two things
▎ "People who are good at building things and have a habit of doing it."
Good at building: yes, clearly.
- June 12: create-next-app. July 15: production
In the essay I just wrote about how to prepare students to be founders, I talked about the importance of working on their own projects. In this essay from 2021, I explain in detail how and why to do that.
A Project of One's Own: paulgraham.com/own.html
math & art
this simply happened bc, when i was between 4 and 6 yo, i would “copy” all the plans and the calculations of what my dad was designing by *hand* for his clients
from machinery drawings to interior design plans
