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The founders who look unambitious are not: they have been trained by obedient upbringings to hide their ambition rather than lacking it.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

Subjectsstartupsambition
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ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

On the topicWhy is ambition important?under our view: Founders need it more than duty, and it is mostly born rather than made

What Paul Graham actually said

  1. Paul Graham Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
    it's not that they lack ambition, it's more like they've been trained not to show it. Because when you're young you're often in situations where you're supposed to be obedient. You're not supposed to like go off and do what you want.

    Where this was said

    Watch from 7:33 plays here

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

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

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