"One of the surprises for me, personally - I would have said a while ago that I thought intelligence was the most important characteristic of founders, but I'm

"One of the surprises for me, personally - I would have said a while ago that I thought intelligence was the most important characteristic of founders, but I'm now sure that that's wrong, and that determination is the most important thing." pg says that a lot: http://paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html http://paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html "I now have enough experience with startups to be able to say what the most important quality is in a startup founder, and it's not what you might think. The most important quality in a startup founder is determination. Not intelligence-- determination"