This is one of my favorite posts from Paul Graham. I would add one more point to it based on my experience. - Make something that has value from day one. Many

This is one of my favorite posts from Paul Graham. I would add one more point to it based on my experience. - Make something that has value from day one. Many tech based startups have significant value for users only when many other users are also using it. Tech based political startups, for example, suffer from this problem. These kind of startups are harder to build because getting and retaining the seed users can drain you easily. It is easier if you build something that adds value to the life of the very first user, even if he is the only one using it.