A Conversation with Paul Graham [video]

Post by atom-morgan » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 1:40 PM UTC

hristov wrote: post #57

Separo wrote: post #45

I feel that PG needs to make a concerted effort to use "uhm" less. It negatively affects his ability to eloquently communicate an idea.

As I mentioned elsewhere, the use "umms" is only because he tries to talk off the cuff. This makes his talks much more interesting. Most of the smooth talkers you see on tv and youtube have basically learned what they are going to say. They sound slicker, but eventually what they do say is less interesting because it has been pre-learned and thus pre-filtered. This is a general problem with Television and popular cul…

Post by yazr » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 1:53 PM UTC

anoncoward111 wrote: post #22

whitepoplar wrote: post #19

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Startup idea: "Summarize it for me" - Upload any document/video/url and pay $x for the cliffsnotes.

Doesn't even require a website anymore. A Discord channel and a Google Spreadsheet and a variety of payment methods can get this all done

Post by redshirtrob » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 2:35 PM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #17

RyanShook wrote: post #11

“The mistake you will most likely make as a startup founder is coming up with your own vision of what your product should be instead of getting feedback from actual users.”

You have to be a user of your own product to really make it good. Look at Apple. Most of how they got where they are is by Jobs, Ive et al. making what they wanted to see, and nitpicking at everything until they were satisfied. Also: "people don't know what they want until you show it to them." Of course you have to address customers' frustrations, but relying on just "data" and marketing feedback all the time often…

Post by tomhoward » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

awucs wrote: post #65

tomhoward wrote: post #29

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PG has written very candidly of being uncomfortable speaking publicly [1]. As an uncomfortable public speaker myself, when I've been in that situation of being introduced at the beginning of a Q&A session, my mind is mostly occupied with mildly anxious thoughts about how I'm going to get through the talk without freezing up or saying something stupid. I'm not paying close attention to what the host is saying. It's wo…

I didn't listen to the whole thing nor do I care about any one individual thing, but they did talk about the co-founders as well from what I saw. That said, other than that I disagree with you. If someone wants to have their opinions taken seriously they have take other people's opinions seriously as well and can't get angry as soon as people disagree. Personally I think many of his essays aren't very good, but there…

Post by james1071 » Sat, Sep 01, 2018, 2:52 PM UTC

mayankkaizen wrote: post #36

tonyedgecombe wrote: post #24

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Sales is grim work for introverts, you can do it but if it's most of what you are doing then you need to question what the point of it is.

This seems to be the issue with me. I am more like 'laptop' guy who is rather good in researching. I am also keen on observing things. But sales stuffs, cold calling give me chills. How do I overcome it?