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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 23 Apr 2016

    There is a fundamental mismatch between bureaucrats, who think nothing of delaying something 60 days, and startups, which die in 60 days.

    8:46 AM - 23 Apr 2016
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      2. Tim Peterson‏ @timrpeterson 23 Apr 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg if your startup dies in 60 days should you have started it in first place?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 23 Apr 2016
        Replying to @timrpeterson

        @timrpeterson Yes. Plenty of big successes have come that close to death.

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      4. Tim Peterson‏ @timrpeterson 23 Apr 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg I'm questioning how close to death big successes actually got. So airbnb would stopped if another $10k on credit card?

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 23 Apr 2016
        Replying to @timrpeterson

        @timrpeterson Yes, I would say Airbnb got that close.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      6. Tim Peterson‏ @timrpeterson 23 Apr 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg wouldn't you or some friend have just given them 10k. I thought these guys were the cockroachiest of cockroaches. Who cares about 10k

        4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 23 Apr 2016
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        @timrpeterson We were the people who gave them money. I'm talking about the point just before YC.

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      8. Tim Peterson‏ @timrpeterson 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg about jim harbaughpic.twitter.com/ruy63cuG5N

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      9. David Haddad‏ @daveying99 24 Apr 2016
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        @timrpeterson @paulg if you speak with the early team at Google you'll hear them tell you similar stories

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      1. Fraser Harris‏ @fjharris 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg argument for startups in regulated verticals to plan for 2x runway.

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      1. Reminis App‏ @reminisapp 28 Apr 2016
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        @paulg in Turkey the startup funding delay can be 1 year and it makes the startup born dead.

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      1. Emmet Gibney‏ @emmetgibney 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg that kind of power is why many people became bureaucrats in the first place

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      1. Rachel Carrell‏ @RachCarrell 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg Agree completely. This is why healthcare in the UK is so hard to innovate within -- because the NHS is monopoly buyer

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      1. kastelov‏ @kastelov 27 Apr 2016
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        @paulg so one cannot afford to fiddle too much with the picture and sacrifice a bit of quality to stay in the game

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      1. Yacht Fancy‏ @YachtFancy 26 Apr 2016
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        @paulg and then there's Vin Diesel who will jack your Acura in 60 seconds

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      1. Amol‏ @agarwaaa 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg welcome to IOS AppStore

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      1. Sebastian Bensusan‏ @sebasbensu 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg you could say the same about cultures where things are always delayed to "mañana"

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      1.  🚌 ✌️Ryan‏ @mazondo 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg unfortunately less of a "mismatch" than you might hope.

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      1. Yann Ngongang‏ @yanntn 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg if u follow #787 debacle I'll be thankful 4 competent bureaucrats concerned bout safety https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/us-orders-urgent-engine-fix-boeing-787-dreamliners …

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      1. DigitalHealth.London‏ @DHealthLDN 23 Apr 2016
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        @paulg What are the bureaucrats delaying?

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