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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 Jun 2019

    When evaluating others' successes, people tend to overestimate the contribution of structural novelty and underestimate the contribution of good execution.

    4:47 AM - 28 Jun 2019
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      1. Henri‏ @henri_opa 28 Jun 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        Like Lumapps seems to do great now in the (dying) Enterprise Social Network space!

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      1. Karthik Sridhar‏ @AntarYaami 28 Jun 2019
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        Also; most seed investments

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      2. Tony Abram‏ @antonabramov 28 Jun 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        Maybe that’s how hardworkers appear as geniuses

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      3. Manuel Hernandez  🇺🇸‏ @manuelhe 29 Jun 2019
        Replying to @antonabramov @paulg

        Survivorship bias. There are plenty of other people who worked hard and failed.

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      2. Manuel Hernandez  🇺🇸‏ @manuelhe 28 Jun 2019
        Replying to @angelina @paulg

        I don't think PG fears anything

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      1. Ryan‏ @RyanAvenue 28 Jun 2019
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        Sounds like Uber. Just build an app that shows cars on the road.

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      2. Zeno Rogue‏ @ZenoRogue 28 Jun 2019

        Sometimes it is not about better execution either, they will get all the rewards because they have better contacts (e.g. because they are friends with someone well-known).

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      2. jimbo the consensualist  🃏‏ @jimbocoin 28 Jun 2019
        Replying to @paulg

        You need three things: an idea, execution and attention. You can get by with 2/3 as long as one of them is attention.

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      3. Dan‏ @DXZDB 29 Jun 2019
        Replying to @jimbocoin @paulg

        Seems like you’d need some decent level of execution at some point. And if the idea isn’t yours you might be a target for legal action😬 But yeah - attention is important

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