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Being formidable means getting what you want in any situation, and that is exactly why investors want it: a formidable founder's interests and theirs are the same.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

Subjectsventure capitalinvesting
What these subjects mean

venture capital Raising money and what it does to the product: the funnel that forces hard choices, and what happens without it.

investing Putting money into markets on purpose: what a portfolio is for, whether active management earns its cost, and what money is actually a means to.

What Paul Graham actually said

  1. Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
    it's someone who gets what they want in any situation. And so, if you invest in them and you have stock in their company and they have stock in this company, your interests are aligned. If they get what they want, you get what you want, so that's why investors want people who are formidable.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 10:04 plays here

    ↗Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Foundersyoutube.com

    3 Sept 2026 · video · 21m · spoken · machine transcript

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