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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 Aug 2014

    I had office hours today with a co in the current YC batch whose (genuine) TAM is so big I worry investors won't be able to parse it.

    11:54 PM - 12 Aug 2014
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      2. Be good to people.‏ @tylerwillis 14 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I'd love to talk to them - either at or before demo day. :)

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Aug 2014
        Replying to @tylerwillis

        @tylerwillis Just look for the one with the most digits in their TAM.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Aneesh Karve‏ @akarve 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Candy. It must be a candy company.

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      1. Agravat Bipin B‏ @agravatb 12 Aug 2014
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        @paulg If it is Genuine, What is there to Worry?

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      1. Patrick Devine‏ @pdev110 16 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Ultimate start-up pitch: A cure for death. TAM level = maximum. People will shell out a lot of clams.

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      1. Crewlab.net‏ @CrewlabHQ 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg for those wondering, TAM = Total Addressable Market.

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      1. Ryan Coon‏ @ryanmcoon 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg 1st guess, water... 2nd guess, beer

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      1. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Soylent wants to provide cheap nutrition for the entire human race *and aliens*, now? Wait, I guess they're not the current YC batch.

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      1. reuben e katz‏ @rekatz 12 Aug 2014
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        I caught a fish THIS BIG > “@paulg: ...a co in the current YC batch whose TAM is so big I worry investors won't be able to parse it.”

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      1. Vasilis Georgitzikis‏ @tzikis 15 Aug 2014
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        @paulg is he selling air or something?

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      1. Samir Unni‏ @srunni0 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg one of the nuclear energy companies?

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      1. It's people! Pumpkin spice is people!‏ @znmeb 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg @rhs That sounds like a wet dream. Real markets just don't work that way - never have and never will.

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      1. Christophe Tauziet‏ @ChrisTauziet 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg hard to “Parse” it? 😁

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      1. Tim Triche, Jr.‏ @timtriche 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg do they sell things to insects, or to bacteria? Or perhaps they provide disposable sensors for some very compelling risk factor?

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      1. Rob Zepeda‏ @robzepeda 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg the oxygen market? 😉

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      1. Mehul Mishra‏ @mehulmishra6 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg SETI will finally find aliens ... who finally revealed themselves to buy the product :)

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      1. πous〜es‏ @nouswaves 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg What market?

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      2. Vinodh David‏ @vinodhdavid 13 Aug 2014
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        @paulg what's TAM?

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      3. Chema Sanroman‏ @ChemaSanroman 13 Aug 2014
        Replying to @vinodhdavid

        @vinodhdavid TAM is Total addressable market

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