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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Mar 2016

    The two types of advice founders ignore most are "Don't spend too much" and "Beware of corp dev." Many manage to ignore both,

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      2. Aaron Harris‏ @harris 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Ignoring the first often leads to needing to believe that the second will save the company.

        2 replies 2 retweets 18 likes
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      2. Derek W. Clark‏ @DerekWClark 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg "corporate development"?

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      3. Vinay Rao‏ @vrstartup 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @DerekWClark

        @DerekWClark @paulg I got it! :) http://paulgraham.com/corpdev.html 

        1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
      4. Derek W. Clark‏ @DerekWClark 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @vrstartup

        @vrstartup @paulg Thanks bro 👍 Nothing is worse than when you don't know what Paul G. is talking about...

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Larry Chiang‏ @LarryChiang 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Corp dev will tease a thousand startup and maybe buy one (1). What to pay attn to @paulG #cs183yChttps://www.quora.com/For-a-young-startup-whats-the-best-way-to-deal-with-acquisition-offers/answer/Larry-Chiang …

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      3. Reez Nordin‏ @ken5hin 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @LarryChiang

        @LarryChiang @paulg true. VCs also looked at 100s beige investing into 2 commpanies unless you're #500 startups 😉

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. Jayadev Mahalingam‏ @jayadev_m 25 Mar 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @avnish Totally totally agree - i'm guilty of both !! :(

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      1. Manfred Neustifter‏ @SuperManfred 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg after 17mths bootstrapping - I promise I won't - it must never come down to this again

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      1. Fausto Torres‏ @fcttwt 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg agreed. just could launch @4linked_ with $7/month. not good to work with limited budget but pushed us forward to work efficiently

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      1. frank e. bugaris iii‏ @frankbugarisiii 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg waste not, want not.

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      1. Andrew Leto‏ @controltowerTMS 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg I built a half a billion company and never heard of corp dev

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      1. Steve :D‏ @stevetovali 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg so don't spend money unless it keeps the business from running?

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      1. Lawrence Kao‏ @lkao 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg What's Corp Dev? Like acting like a big slow organization?

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      1. Igor Carron‏ @IgorCarron 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg I juist about the corp dev advice yesterday on a prez by @serenacap . It makes sense.

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      1. Autumnal Misha‏ @drethelin 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg don't forget "sell something humans actually want to buy"

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      1. Vinay Rao‏ @vrstartup 25 Mar 2016
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        @paulg by "corp dev" do you mean selling to enterprise?

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