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Also: > I was under the impression, from reading his essays, that Paul was against single founders because they might give up too easily, so a founder who stic
by RyanMcGreal 16y ago
Also:
> I was under the impression, from reading his essays, that Paul was against single founders because they might give up too easily, so a founder who sticks to his idea would be desirable.
My understanding of Paul's argument has been that most initial ideas are bad and that a successful startup requires changing course until your idea matches a marketable need. This suggests an important distinction between stubbornness - refusing to change direction - and persistence - refusing to give up.
Caveat: I don't know the author and have no idea whether he is stubborn, persistent, or anything else.
- StavrosK 16y agoThat mostly refers to startups that haven't yet launched and don't know if their idea will get any customers, as far as I understand. historious already has quite a few paying users, so I believe I'm right to be stubborn in thinking people want this enough to pay for it (because they have).
- sudhirc 16y agoThis makes you a non player in valuation game. By having a revenue you cannot over project and hence cannot get a valuation to provide a worthy exit to ycombinator.
- algorias 16y agoThat's an interesting thought, but it'd be sad if they actually think that way. Actual success counts less than imagined one, because you can't inflate the numbers as much?