Paul Graham - Alexis Rondeau - Obsidian Publish

- Major inspiration since 2004 - Lisp hacker - Writer - Entrepreneur - VC - Researcher [Live Writing/Editing](https://byronm.com/13sentences.html) https://x.com/paulg/status/1098330072900124678?lang=de - [[Favorite Essays by Paul Graham (Essays)]] → [[Record and Replay Text Edits as Proof Of Creatorship]] ## Essays - Epub: [[graham.epub]] - Kindle: [[graham.mobi]] - CSV: [[essays.csv]] Programming Bottom-Up [http://www.paulgraham.com/progbot.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/progbot.html) **5** Lisp for Web-Based Applications 2001-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/lwba.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/lwba.html) **6** Beating the Averages 2003-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html) **7** Java's Cover 2005-12-13 [http://www.paulgraham.com/javacover.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/javacover.html) **8** Being Popular 2001-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/popular.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/popular.html) **9** Five Questions about Language Design 2007-02-15 [http://www.paulgraham.com/langdes.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/langdes.html) **10** The Roots of Lisp 2007-02-02 [http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/rootsoflisp.html) **11** The Other Road Ahead 2001-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/road.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/road.html) **12** What Made Lisp Different 2007-02-17 [http://www.paulgraham.com/diff.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/diff.html) **13** Why Arc Isn't Especially Object-Oriented [http://www.paulgraham.com/noop.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/noop.html) **14** Taste for Makers 2002-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html) **15** What Languages Fix 2007-02-06 [http://www.paulgraham.com/fix.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/fix.html) **16** Succinctness is Power 2002-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html) **17** Revenge of the Nerds 2001-12-14 [http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html) **18** A Plan for Spam 2016-08-02 [http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html) **19** Design and Research 2003-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/desres.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/desres.html) **20** Better Bayesian Filtering 2003-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html) **21** Why Nerds are Unpopular 2009-03-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html) **22** The Hundred-Year Language 2003-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hundred.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hundred.html) **23** If Lisp is So Great 2003-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/iflisp.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/iflisp.html) **24** Hackers and Painters 2003-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html) **25** Filters that Fight Back 2003-11-16 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ffb.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ffb.html) **26** What You Can't Say 2007-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html) **27** The Word "Hacker" 2004-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html) **28** How to Make Wealth 2006-01-26 [http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html) **29** Mind the Gap 2002-03-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/gap.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/gap.html) **30** Great Hackers 2004-09-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html) **31** The Python Paradox 2014-12-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/pypar.html) **32** The Age of the Essay 2004-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html) **33** What the Bubble Got Right 2004-04-30 [http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html) **34** A Version 1.0 2004-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/laundry.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/laundry.html) **35** Bradley's Ghost 2007-01-27 [http://www.paulgraham.com/polls.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/polls.html) **36** It's Charisma, Stupid 2007-02-12 [http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html) **37** Made in USA 2004-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/usa.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/usa.html) **38** What You'll Wish You'd Known 2005-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html) **39** How to Start a Startup 2005-10-21 [http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html) **40** A Unified Theory of VC Suckage 2007-02-14 [http://www.paulgraham.com/venturecapital.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/venturecapital.html) **41** Undergraduation 2005-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/college.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/college.html) **42** Writing, Briefly 2007-10-16 [http://www.paulgraham.com/writing44.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/writing44.html) **43** Return of the Mac 2005-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/mac.html) **44** Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas 1995-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html) **45** The Submarine 2005-04-19 [http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html) **46** Hiring is Obsolete 2006-01-10 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html) **47** What Business Can Learn from Open Source 2008-12-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/opensource.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/opensource.html) **48** After the Ladder 2006-01-11 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ladder.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ladder.html) **49** Inequality and Risk 2006-01-07 [http://www.paulgraham.com/inequality.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/inequality.html) **50** What I Did this Summer 2006-01-12 [http://www.paulgraham.com/sfp.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/sfp.html) **51** Ideas for Startups 2006-04-21 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ideas.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ideas.html) **52** The Venture Capital Squeeze 2007-02-05 [http://www.paulgraham.com/vcsqueeze.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/vcsqueeze.html) **53** How to Fund a Startup 2020-03-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html) **54** Web 2.0 2005-09-30 [http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/web20.html) **55** Good and Bad Procrastination 2006-02-09 [http://www.paulgraham.com/procrastination.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/procrastination.html) **56** How to Do What You Love 2006-01-31 [http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html) **57** Why YC 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/whyyc.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/whyyc.html) **58** 6,631,372 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/6631327.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/6631327.html) **59** Are Software Patents Evil? 2006-03-15 [http://www.paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/softwarepatents.html) **60** See Randomness 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/randomness.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/randomness.html) **61** The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn 2007-01-30 [http://www.paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html) **62** How to Be Silicon Valley 2006-08-02 [http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html) **63** Why Startups Condense in America 2007-02-04 [http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/america.html) **64** The Power of the Marginal 2004-03-15 [http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html) **65** The Island Test 2006-07-21 [http://www.paulgraham.com/island.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/island.html) **66** Copy What You Like 2006-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/copy.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/copy.html) **67** How to Present to Investors 2007-01-30 [http://www.paulgraham.com/investors.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/investors.html) **68** A Student's Guide to Startups 2020-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/mit.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/mit.html) **69** The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups 2020-10-18 [http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/startupmistakes.html) **70** How Art Can Be Good 2007-01-26 [http://www.paulgraham.com/goodart.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/goodart.html) **71** Learning from Founders 2007-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/foundersatwork.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/foundersatwork.html) **72** Is It Worth Being Wise? 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/wisdom.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/wisdom.html) **73** Why to Not Not Start a Startup 2009-08-28 [http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html) **74** Microsoft is Dead 2008-10-05 [http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html) **75** Two Kinds of Judgement 2020-02-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/judgement.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/judgement.html) **76** The Hacker's Guide to Investors 2007-02-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/guidetoinvestors.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/guidetoinvestors.html) **77** An Alternative Theory of Unions 2007-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/unions.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/unions.html) **78** The Equity Equation 2007-07-17 [http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/equity.html) **79** Stuff 2008-07-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html) **80** Holding a Program in One's Head 2007-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/head.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/head.html) **81** How Not to Die 2007-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html) **82** News from the Front 2007-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/colleges.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/colleges.html) **83** How to Do Philosophy 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/philosophy.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/philosophy.html) **84** The Future of Web Startups 2007-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/webstartups.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/webstartups.html) **85** Why to Move to a Startup Hub 2007-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/startuphubs.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/startuphubs.html) **86** Six Principles for Making New Things 1995-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/newthings.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/newthings.html) **87** Trolls 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html) **88** A New Venture Animal 2013-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ycombinator.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ycombinator.html) **89** You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html) **90** How to Disagree 2009-06-07 [http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html) **91** Some Heroes 2008-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/heroes.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/heroes.html) **92** Why There Aren't More Googles 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/googles.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/googles.html) **93** Be Good 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/good.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/good.html) **94** Lies We Tell Kids 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/lies.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/lies.html) **95** Disconnecting Distraction 2008-05-20 [http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html) **96** Cities and Ambition 2008-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/cities.html) **97** The Pooled-Risk Company Management Company 2006-11-08 [http://www.paulgraham.com/prcmc.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/prcmc.html) **98** A Fundraising Survival Guide 2008-08-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/fundraising.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/fundraising.html) **99** Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy 2008-10-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/badeconomy.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/badeconomy.html) **100** The Other Half of "Artists Ship" 2008-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/artistsship.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/artistsship.html) **101** The High-Res Society 2008-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/highres.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/highres.html) **102** Could VC be a Casualty of the Recession? 2008-12-07 [http://www.paulgraham.com/divergence.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/divergence.html) **103** After Credentials 2008-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/credentials.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/credentials.html) **104** Keep Your Identity Small 2006-04-18 [http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html) **105** Startups in 13 Sentences 2009-05-13 [http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/13sentences.html) **106** What I've Learned from Hacker News 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html) **107** Can You Buy a Silicon Valley? Maybe. 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/maybe.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/maybe.html) **108** Why TV Lost 2015-03-20 [http://www.paulgraham.com/convergence.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/convergence.html) **109** How to Be an Angel Investor 2005-01-05 [http://www.paulgraham.com/angelinvesting.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/angelinvesting.html) **110** Relentlessly Resourceful 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/relres.html) **111** Five Founders 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/5founders.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/5founders.html) **112** The Founder Visa 2006-11-15 [http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html) **113** Why Twitter is a Big Deal 2009-04-03 [http://www.paulgraham.com/twitter.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/twitter.html) **114** A Local Revolution? 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/revolution.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/revolution.html) **115** Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule 2014-02-07 [http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html) **116** Ramen Profitable 2006-04-30 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ramenprofitable.html) **117** The Trouble with the Segway 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/segway.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/segway.html) **118** What Kate Saw in Silicon Valley 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/kate.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/kate.html) **119** The Anatomy of Determination 2009-09-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html) **120** The List of N Things 2009-09-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/nthings.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/nthings.html) **121** Post-Medium Publishing 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/publishing.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/publishing.html) **122** Persuade xor Discover 2009-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/discover.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/discover.html) **123** What Startups Are Really Like 2009-11-08 [http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html) **124** Apple's Mistake 1995-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/apple.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/apple.html) **125** Organic Startup Ideas 2004-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/organic.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/organic.html) **126** How to Lose Time and Money 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/selfindulgence.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/selfindulgence.html) **127** The Top Idea in Your Mind 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html) **128** The Acceleration of Addictiveness 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html) **129** The Future of Startup Funding 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/future.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/future.html) **130** What Happened to Yahoo 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/yahoo.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/yahoo.html) **131** High Resolution Fundraising 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hiresfund.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hiresfund.html) **132** Where to See Silicon Valley 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/seesv.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/seesv.html) **133** The New Funding Landscape 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/superangels.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/superangels.html) **134** What We Look for in Founders 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/founders.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/founders.html) **135** Tablets 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/tablets.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/tablets.html) **136** Founder Control 2010-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/control.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/control.html) **137** Subject: Airbnb 2011-03-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/airbnb.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/airbnb.html) **138** The Patent Pledge 2011-04-27 [http://www.paulgraham.com/patentpledge.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/patentpledge.html) **139** Why Startup Hubs Work 2004-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hubs.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hubs.html) **140** Snapshot: Viaweb, June 1998 1998-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/vw.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/vw.html) **141** Schlep Blindness 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/schlep.html) **142** A Word to the Resourceful 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/word.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/word.html) **143** Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ambitious.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ambitious.html) **144** Defining Property 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/property.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/property.html) **145** How Y Combinator Started 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ycstart.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ycstart.html) **146** Writing and Speaking 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/speak.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/speak.html) **147** The Top of My Todo List 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/todo.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/todo.html) **148** Black Swan Farming 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/swan.html) **149** Startup = Growth 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html) **150** The Hardware Renaissance 2012-05-11 [http://www.paulgraham.com/hw.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/hw.html) **151** How to Get Startup Ideas 2012-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html) **152** Startup Investing Trends 2013-01-01 [http://www.paulgraham.com/invtrend.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/invtrend.html) **153** Do Things that Don't Scale 2013-07-25 [http://www.paulgraham.com/ds.html](http://www.paulgraham.com/ds.html) **154** How to Convince Investors 2013-01-01 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