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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg May 11

    I was explaining to some college students why the Collisons are such effective founders, and I put it about as concisely as possible: They're theoretical physics smart, Napoleon ambitious, and brother tight.

    3:55 AM - 11 May 2019
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      2. Jaycel Adkins‏ @JaycelAdkins May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        Does ethics have a place in that?

        3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg May 11
        Replying to @JaycelAdkins

        Yes, they're upstanding guys. But I take that for granted. Despite what you read in the press, most successful founders are. http://www.paulgraham.com/mean.html 

        3 replies 7 retweets 89 likes
      4. Jaycel Adkins‏ @JaycelAdkins May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        Thank you for the reply and the link. 🔥🙏

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2.  🤴🏿‏ @alphaxbarry May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        Nice framework. Napoleon ambitious is cute. Alexander ambitious is where the fun begins

        2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
      3. Josh Greenhalgh‏ @JoshGhalgh May 11
        Replying to @alphaxbarry @paulg

        Then Khan ambitious smashes it out of the park...

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      4. Peter as a Service‏ @petervandijck May 11
        Replying to @JoshGhalgh @alphaxbarry @paulg

        Thanos ambitious?

        2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
      5. Josh Greenhalgh‏ @JoshGhalgh May 11
        Replying to @petervandijck @alphaxbarry @paulg

        That's just getting silly ;-p

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Jeff Atwood‏Verified account @codinghorror May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        They're also super super nice people. That matters a lot.

        0 replies 2 retweets 84 likes
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      2. Eiður Á. Möller‏ @edsonedge May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        Who are The Collisions?

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Russell Smith‏ @rhs May 11
        Replying to @edsonedge @paulg

        @stripe co-founders

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Eiður Á. Möller‏ @edsonedge May 11
        Replying to @rhs @paulg @stripe

        Thanks :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Rangapv_uber‏ @Rangapv May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        Inspite of the last reason ..

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Chris Bronkhorst‏ @ChrisSBronkhors May 11
        Replying to @Rangapv @paulg

        High trust reduces overhead.

        0 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
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      1. .sanᴛɪ  📎‏ @santibnn May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        As founder, it would be very useful to read an essay that explains how to reach that performance (more in deep).

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      1. Ash Ali‏ @Ash_Ali May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        @StartupHasan

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      1. Olivia‏ @oliviahu_ May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        Like the Sanderson brothers @3blue1brown

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      2. Syed Iqbal Simnani‏ @SimnaniIqbals May 11
        Replying to @paulg

        One should do something with one’s life(purposeless) to leave world a better place. Anyone who makes art,architecture, institutions of intellect, innovation - should be celebrated and being ambitious for above is good. Ego massaging orgies of killing to invade countries is ugly.

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      3. Syed Iqbal Simnani‏ @SimnaniIqbals May 11
        Replying to @SimnaniIqbals @paulg

        We should celebrate Napoleon the builder, but denounce the ego trips of battles to kill and invade using clever justifications.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. mario carlomagno‏ @mariocarlomagn3 May 12
        Replying to @paulg

        Wha does it mean that they are theoretical physics smart?

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