My predictions from 2007 when the current startup boom was just getting rolling: http://paulgraham.com/webstartups.html …
(This talk was so controversial at the time that the conference organizer got up afterward to give a spontaneous rebuttal.)
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@paulg haha ... I guess they didn't like your answer to the classic@peterthiel question of believing something others don't :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg One year later, Sequoia would declare an end to the good times. That seemed to be a bit premature :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg do you remember what the organizer rebutted? Most of your predictions seem that they will have come true soonThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg I'm curious, which specific parts were controversial? Most of it seems obvious in hindsight. -
@cperciva The part about startup hubs persisting, and in particular the implication that one should move. - Show replies
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@paulg Would love to read a summary of his rebuttal, actually. Right or wrong.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Which points were most controversial at the time?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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