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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Apr 2020

      Founders pick bad startup ideas. Good startup ideas pick founders. (This is facile, I realize, but there is a lot of truth in it.)

      65 replies 162 retweets 1,277 likes
    2. Abhi Sharma‏ @abhisharma_b 9 Apr 2020
      Replying to @paulg

      Examples?

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    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Apr 2020
      Replying to @abhisharma_b

      Many of the most successful startups weren't even meant to be companies at first. Google and Facebook for example. They were just side projects. But these ideas were so obviously promising that they drove their discoverers to turn them into companies.

      10 replies 25 retweets 189 likes
    4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Apr 2020
      Replying to @paulg @abhisharma_b

      The opposite is the startup that happens because people think it would be cool to start a startup, and then go looking for an idea. (Though to be fair, Amazon is an instance of this.)

      9 replies 4 retweets 79 likes
    5. Jonathan King‏ @jonathankingny 9 Apr 2020
      Replying to @paulg @abhisharma_b

      Which side of the coin does Apple fall under?

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Apr 2020
      Replying to @jonathankingny @abhisharma_b

      Apple is slightly weird, because it grew out of a side-project, but the side-project was Wozniak's, and the one who felt the pressure of the idea's promise was Jobs.

      12:58 PM - 9 Apr 2020
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        2. Ric Burton  🇬🇧 ‣  🇺🇸‏ @ricburton 9 Apr 2020
          Replying to @paulg @jonathankingny @abhisharma_b

          They also got a customer very quickly. Cash up front from a store owner. That is when Steve fell in love with business. (According to the biography.)

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        3. Algernon‏ @PowerlawVC 9 Apr 2020
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          #7https://matadornetwork.com/nights/41-successful-stoners-time/ …

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        1. Andrew, Pirate of the ITs‏ @FounderTa 9 Apr 2020
          Replying to @paulg @jonathankingny @abhisharma_b

          I'm sure many a great startup occurred due to a pivot. I think Splunk went from VR to Big Data due to a pivot?

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        1. Anders Thue Pedersen‏ @andersthue 10 Apr 2020
          Replying to @paulg @jonathankingny @abhisharma_b

          I have a hunch that “the pressure of the idea” is the best measure for succes in a startup - so how do you measure it, how do you seperate the pressure for succes/money/fame from the pressure of the idea...?

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