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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 20 Aug 2014

    Prediction: No startup whose founders raise a fund will become a big success (unless that's the point of the startup).

    7:54 AM - 20 Aug 2014
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      2. Keith Rabois‏ @rabois 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I generally agree, but Oscar is going to be a massive success.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Geoffrey Weg‏ @GeoffreyWeg 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @rabois

        @rabois @paulg / @garyvee another exception?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Shai Goldman‏ @shaig 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @GeoffreyWeg

        @GeoffreyWeg @rabois @paulg @garyvee , I'm bullish on @redswanventures / @bonobos / @dunn

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. EmotionalQuotient‏ @GEEKUMSH 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Dear paul - Please check this out. http://m.economictimes.com/articleshow/40445625.cms … . It is a great story.

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      2. Ivan Kirigin‏ @ikirigin 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg and not angel investing? So fund management is killer, not the distractions from pitching and attention given to other companies

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      3. Tony Wright‏ @webwright 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @ikirigin

        @ikirigin @paulg Big, ongoing side projects of any kind probably don't correlate w/ success (fund, angel investing, showing poodles, etc).

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Ivan Kirigin‏ @ikirigin 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @webwright

        @webwright @paulg kids? :-P

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Tony Wright‏ @webwright 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @ikirigin

        @ikirigin @paulg It's hard to imagine how kids wouldn't impact founder odds, but plenty seem to manage it.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Thomas H. Ptacek‏ @tqbf 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @webwright

        @webwright @ikirigin @paulg Are the best companies uniformly started by people who can’t integrate work and life?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Tony Wright‏ @webwright 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @tqbf

        @tqbf @ikirigin @paulg Not saying it's incompatible... Saying it's statistically impactful. Do you think it's not?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Thomas H. Ptacek‏ @tqbf 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @webwright

        @webwright @ikirigin @paulg I believe it isn’t, and assert that we don’t have good evidence either way.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. Ivan Kirigin‏ @ikirigin 20 Aug 2014
        Replying to @tqbf

        @tqbf @webwright @paulg given the power law, look at top 10 startups in last 20 years vs that last class of YC. What % of each had kids

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. shyduroff‏ @shyduroff 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg @danprimack ... LOL ...

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      1. rodrigo‏ @rodrigotellom 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Was that sarcasm?

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      2. Isaac M. Morehouse‏ @isaacmorehouse 20 Aug 2014
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        @paulg I'd be interested in a little elaboration on this prediction...

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      3. susheel khamkar‏ @skhamkar 20 Aug 2014
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        @isaacmorehouse @paulg agree more elaboration..

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