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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 8 Aug 2017

    One advantage of quitting your job to start your own company is that the position of your boss is now open to be filled by your customers.

    12:52 AM - 8 Aug 2017
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      2. Sachin Rekhi‏ @sachinrekhi 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Except when you have investors

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @sachinrekhi

        If you listen to your customers, you won't have to listen to your investors.

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      2. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 8 Aug 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Actually the leverage a boss would typically have is now spread over key customers, investors, employees and vendors.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Rajat Suri‏ @rajatsuri 8 Aug 2017
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        Each individual has less but the sum total has more, given a founder's economic incentives

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      1. Pandamonial‏ @pandamonial 8 Aug 2017
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        If your current company's customers aren't your bosses already, don't bother quitting, you dont have what it takes to succeed on your own.

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      1. edward sansom‏ @minifesto 8 Aug 2017
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        BBC Secret Silicon Valley depicts it destroying employment with AI singing I have ticket to ride and I don't care exagéré peut-être

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      1. Alan Bauchop‏ @alanbauchop 8 Aug 2017
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        Freelancing = many many bosses

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      1. ajay bansal‏ @Iogical_blabber 8 Aug 2017
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        And investors and board and employees

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      1. Chetan Anantharamu‏ @gandabherunda 16 Aug 2017
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        And slowly but surely one would start realizing that it was much easier dealing with bosses than customers :)

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      1.  🦉 Wisdomination  🦉‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 8 Aug 2017
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        Yeah, but my biggest customer is French. So.

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      1. The Industrialist.‏ @mwenda77 9 Aug 2017
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        Yes Sir

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      1. Statvoo‏ @statvoo 9 Aug 2017
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        Interesting theory

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      1. parents’ nook‏ @BFCafeBayArea 8 Aug 2017
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        We would not have existed without these lines.

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      1. Ernesto Humpierres‏ @ehumpierres 8 Aug 2017
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        Wow something inspiring at last! You're generally talking about how most of us can't be cool entrepreneurs like yourself

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      1. Vivek Ponnaiyan‏ @viveksworld 8 Aug 2017
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        But never quit till you have a few new, paying bosses.

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      1. Sang Lee (이상화) (李相和)‏ @SangIsHere 8 Aug 2017
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        and employees and investors and vendors.

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      1. Phuoc Do‏ @DoPhuoc 8 Aug 2017
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        Your customer could be a pain. A good measure is to gauge them with your previous bosses :)

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      1. Noe‏ @EntourageNEA 8 Aug 2017
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        customers at the top of the org chart

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      1. Matt B‏ @b4bendetta 8 Aug 2017
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        That's right. Would much rather serve them and so would the rest of my team.

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