Paul Graham on Business Quotes

"Economic inequality is not a bug; it is a feature of a system that rewards productivity."

"The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself."

"Focus on the product, not the competition."

"Live in the future, then build what's missing."

"Make something people want."

"The best founders are the ones who are most willing to admit when they're wrong."

"Startups don't die from competition, they die from suicide."

"The best way to learn how to build a startup is to build one."

"Don't be afraid to fail. Failure is just a way to learn what doesn't work."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"The only essential thing is growth. Everything else we associate with startups follows from growth."

"The best way to build a great company is to hire great people and then get out of their way."

"The best way to increase your wealth is to increase your ability to create value."

"Don't worry about being 'professional.' Worry about being useful."

"If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late."

"The most successful businesses are the ones that solve a real problem for a large number of people."

"The most important thing is to never give up."

"The most important thing is to keep moving forward."

"The most important thing for a startup is to have a good co-founder."

"A good idea is one that you can't stop thinking about."

"Hire people who are smarter than you."

"Wealth is not the same thing as money. Wealth is as old as human history. Money is a comparatively recent invention."

"A startup is a company designed to grow fast."

"If you want to make money, you have to be right and non-consensus."

"The real test of a business is whether it can survive without its founder."

"It's better to make a few people really happy than a lot of people semi-happy."

"The most important quality in a founder is determination."

"The most successful companies are the ones that create the most value for their customers."

"The best way to avoid competition is to be unique."

"The best startup ideas are the ones that seem like bad ideas but are actually good ideas."

"The most successful founders are the ones who are most obsessed with their customers."

"Do things that don't scale."

"Relentlessly resourceful."