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Drawn from what Paul Graham said
venture capital Raising money and what it does to the product: the funnel that forces hard choices, and what happens without it.
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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.
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Watch from 10:04 plays here↗Paul Graham On Startups, Ambition, and Great Foundersyoutube.com
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