On Startups — How Not to Die

A great read by Paul Graham, How Not to Die:

So I’ll tell you now: bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster happening are one in a thousand. So don’t get demoralized. When the disaster strikes, just say to yourself, OK, this was what Paul was talking about. What did he say to do? Oh, yeah. Don’t give up…

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One Response to On Startups — How Not to Die

  1. Paul Golding says:

    I remember when I walked out of corporate life for the first time (96) and started my own company. I had listened to Tom Peters say that it’s 99% hard work and 1% elation. Like I’m always telling people, I’m still waiting for the 1% :)

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