Paul Graham on Twitter: "In practice, what we mean by a good startup idea is a bad startup idea whose flaws can be discovered and fixed before it's too late. And probably only by a handful of people."

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1. Richard Awe‏ @Richard3d7 Mar 21
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  ‘An idea whose time has come....’
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1. Mauricio Giordano‏ @mauriciogior Mar 21
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  It can also be a good startup idea that is already proven but not yet scaled to $1B+, with a different take on it.
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1. F‏ @esse_senhor Mar 21
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  @cript0 interesting.
  
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1. Chris Claudio‏ @chrisclaudiopr Mar 21
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  This is so on point.
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1. Tal Ash‏ @thepolymathdude Mar 21
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  The best way to find such startups would be to think about a lot of things independently from scratch. Not reading any explanations beforehand would serve well.
  
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1. Scarlet Grant‏ @execScarlet Mar 21
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  And what you said earlier, a good idea is always a collection of multiple ideas. Basically it is a vision of where you want the future to go. People can take ideas, but a vision is burned into ones heart and it will be executed one way or another.
  
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1. City Steve.‏ @littlecitysteve Mar 21
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  This is probably the best cautionary advice a founder can get.
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1. rachel‏ @itsrachelfarley Mar 21
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  bad ideas are fun ideas @badunicornvc
  
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1. Thoughts‏ @myattempt Mar 21
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  And how many good ideas die because people can't imagine building and financing a startup around them? We must create an idea market because waiting for an idea strike the right founder in the right position prevents society from benefiting from 99.9999999% of ideas.
  
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1. Vasi Margariti‏ @VasiMargariti Mar 21
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  Ideas never come fully formed anyway. You have to DO to discover what it is first. Then learn to tweak it etc. All at an immense personal cost.
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