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> Startups are the point in your life when tricks stop working. Awesome thesis, hidden in the middle of the text. In some ways, this is a great single sentenc

by jMyles 11y ago

> Startups are the point in your life when tricks stop working. Awesome thesis, hidden in the middle of the text. In some ways, this is a great single sentence answer to the question, "What is a startup, really?"

webmasterraj 11y ago
This is the tldr of the whole thing
sama 11y ago
http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Art-Writing-Leo-Strauss/dp/0226777111 http://www.amazon.com/Persecution-Art-Writing-Leo-Strauss/dp...
- rfrey 11y ago
  You're going to have me counting the words in the sentences.
- nbashaw 11y ago
  Ha, it's amazing to see a Leo Strauss reference in a HN thread! I majored in Political Theory at Michigan State, and the department was full of Straussians. Worlds colliding.
jrauser 11y ago
For more on this idea, have a look at pg's Before the Startup: "So this is the third counterintuitive thing to remember about startups: starting a startup is where gaming the system stops working." http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html http://www.paulgraham.com/before.html
tertius 11y ago
That's great. This has been my life, finding the easy wins, and when they stop working, moving on to the next. This is one of the points that characterize me as soft.
- will_pseudonym 11y ago
  What do you mean by "characterize me as soft"?
  - tertius 11y ago
    Avoiding hard work because it is hard. Give up easily etc.