4 ms·
> If he tells you not to start a start-up, his co-founder wife, and all the start-up friends he’s made over the last several years, will be mad at him. One of
by jsnell 12y ago
> If he tells you not to start a start-up, his co-founder wife, and all the start-up friends he’s made over the last several years, will be mad at him.
One of his essays from a couple of months ago very clearly made the point that a certain group of people shouldn't be doing startups (college students). That certainly seemed to be a big change in attitude to the essays from 10 years ago, and exactly in the opposite direction compared to your theory.
Edit: http://paulgraham.com/before.html http://paulgraham.com/before.html
- friendstock 12y agoRegarding college students, I think this is a matter of becoming more responsible in his advice, now that he's become so prominent.
- michaelochurch 12y agoMore to the point, he has more data. The startup world is a community that only wants to hear from the successes. Those who fail are laughed off as being bitter. PG has enough insight and decency to see a larger spectrum and speak on it.
- chetanahuja 12y agoAnd a parent (as the beginning of the essay mentions).
- zeeshanm 12y agoI'd think this specific remark was to discourage those who want to start a startup because it's cool. And those who really want to do it they are going to do it anyway. No matter what anyone says. So, I guess, this advice works for everyone, in one way or another.