Pranav @patilpranav2k2

Businesses & startups are my triggers to learn and build and evolve. Ahmedabad Joined May 2020

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Patrick Collison @patrickc

2 years ago

"We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy" is a surprisingly profound quote. When I ask people who've pulled off remarkable things, it's interesting how many confirm that they wouldn't have started if they'd know how long and…

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Paul Graham @paulg

2 years ago

@patrickc People mock the overconfidence of startup founders, but there's a reason for it. Only people who are naturally somewhat overconfident will take on problems that, when viewed rationally, would seem too hard.

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Garry Tan @garrytan

2 years ago

While the best consumer builders often are not themselves status conscious, they must be aware and capable of understanding status games in order to bring their creations to a society ruled by status games. (Excerpt from Status and Culture by W. David Marx)

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Paul Graham @paulg

3 years ago

I just got an email from a founder about an idea that intrigued him but was "probably not a big company." I got excited when I read that. When a founder can't stop thinking about an idea despite it probably not being a big company, it could be a big company.