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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Aug 2014

    At first the question is "What would be cool to build?" Then it's "What do people want?" Then it's "What gets you growth?"

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      2. Steven Lachance‏ @lachances 27 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Would love to see startups steered towards "What would help people in need"

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Aug 2014
        Replying to @lachances

        @lachances YC does do that for nonprofit startups.

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      4. Andy Myers‏ @ulingodrew 27 Aug 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @charlesjo @lachances interesting... what's the requirement here, and the advantage to YC?

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      6. Andy Myers‏ @ulingodrew 27 Aug 2014
        Replying to @charlesjo

        @charlesjo @paulg @lachances "demo day" for @signaldotorg would be a lot closer lol

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      1. Brent Summers‏ @BrentSum 5 Sep 2014
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        RT @paulg: At first the question is "What would be cool to build?" Then it's "What do people want?" Then it's "What gets you growth?"

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      1. Geeky Hybrid‏ @geekyhybrid 31 Aug 2014
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        @paulg The Pragmatic Startup Order of Operations

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      1. Dave Munichiello‏ @davemuni 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Prefer this: "Which problems affect most people or $?".. "Which can I uniquely form winning team to solve?".. "What gets you growth?"

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      1. Antonino Famulari‏ @afamulari 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg I prefer: "What do people want?" "What do people, actually, need?" "What can we build that matches such need?" "What makes you grow?"

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      1. Diego Basch‏ @dbasch 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg so many startups get stuck in the "what would be cool to build?" phase. I know dozens like that.

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      1. Don Chow‏ @djdonchow 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg Sounds like the entertainment industry.

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      1. Paul Katsen‏ @pavtalk 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg sometimes you get lucky and the first two consolidate into "what do i want that'd be cool to build?"

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      1. Mani Doraisamy‏ @manidoraisamy 30 Aug 2014
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        @paulg "What would be cool to build?" - Is this a change in understanding since you wrote schlep blindness?

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      1. bilal‏ @bil2all 29 Aug 2014
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        @paulg In an essay you said that founders have to build something that people want and then that they love and not the inverse..!!

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      1. Panagiotis Panagi‏ @ppanagi 29 Aug 2014
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        @paulg I guess the growth question is a subset of the previous 2. If it's growth-friendly, its something people want, and most probably cool

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      1. Kuan Huang‏ @huangkuan 27 Aug 2014
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        TRUE! “@paulg: At first the question is "What would be cool to build?" Then it's "What do people want?" Then it's "What gets you growth?"”

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      1. Synthesis Software‏ @synthesissoft 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg We start from the last and go backwards; then people don't know what they want and after that being cool doesn't matter. Done.

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      1. D‏ @harsinay 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg what about what problem can we solve that most would be willing to pay for

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      1. Armando Kirwin‏ @armandokirwin 27 Aug 2014
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        @paulg 1st: What future do I wish existed? 2nd: What needs to be built to make that happen? 3rd: Do others want it too?

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