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The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn | YCombinator. Paul Graham's essay

PAULGRAHAM 2017

YCombinator. Paul Graham's essays: April 2006. (This essay is derived from a talk at the 2006 Startup School.)

The startups we've funded so far are pretty quick, but they seem quicker to learn some lessons than others. I think it's because some things about startups are kind of counterintuitive.

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