Paul, you're strong with the essay-force, but with essays, you only reach the audience that already knows you and is willing to read your works. I recall your

Paul, you're strong with the essay-force, but with essays, you only reach the audience that already knows you and is willing to read your works. I recall your comments about public speaking after the NYC-YC event, so I'm guessing you're hesitant, but for what it's worth, I think you do great at public speaking. An important point to realize is you are one of the rare few people here in the US that is actively "Creating Jobs" and this gives a great deal of weight to your words, both practically and politically. Though I'm twenty years past being a twenty-something, a non-notable nobody like me could not do what you can do.