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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Mar 2020

      Alarming phenomenon I'm noticing: people thinking they've had the coronavirus (maybe they did, maybe it was just some flulike illness) and that they are now immune. Another reason to increase testing dramatically.

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    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Mar 2020

      Small business, or startup? I don't know anything about small businesses.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 18 Mar 2020

      Make something you yourself want. Ship fast. Hire slow.

      10:18 AM - 18 Mar 2020
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        2. Harshit Taneja‏ @HarshitTaneja18 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          If I want to start my own health club chain but there are so many big health club chains(like anytime fitness) already available all over the world, Is it a bad idea? Because there will be so much competition? What's your view on this sir?

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        3. Suvil‏ @_suvil 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HarshitTaneja18 @paulg

          As long as you have a new perspective, you should be able to carve a space for yourself. Google was started when AOL/Altavista was all the rage. Facebook took off despite of MySpace. Whatever you're trying to do, just do 10x better than your competitor.

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        2. Roshan Desarda‏ @roshya 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          Someone doing exactly opposite of this has more chances of getting funded by Sequoia

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        3. John Jannotti‏ @jannotti 19 Mar 2020
          Replying to @roshya @paulg

          I agree with both. As a founder, following @paulg advice increases your chances of being a "tens millionaire". As a large VC, looking for lottery tickets on decacorns, priorities differ somewhat.

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        2. Foobarinator‏ @foobarinator 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @giridevanur @paulg

          On a even lighter note, you can buy alcohol if you need disinfectant

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        2. Abhi Mahule‏ @abhi_mahule 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          PG - What personal "want" was Bezos trying to address? https://youtu.be/rWRbTnE1PEM?t=17 … Or what you are saying is not applicable to all business ideas.

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        3. Tarun Popat‏ @tarun_popat 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @abhi_mahule @paulg

          @abhi_mahule the idea is to make something worthwhile and useful that people appreciate not to become the richest man in the world.

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        2. John Forbes  🧢 ☂️ 🚀 🧠 ⚛️‏ @zereiji 18 Mar 2020
          Replying to @KingofHype @paulg

          Y Combinator has excellent resources on how to start a startup on YouTube, check out https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5OMuEYI4rnNz08BIHxhxdHG … as for marketing it seems Y Combinator's advice is in general avoid paying for social media marketing as it can obscure an important feedback signal for the startup.

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