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Paul Graham:Before the Startup, Excerpt 5
Paul Graham《Before the Startup》· Before the Startup · Leadership · Action · Decision
In the unlikely case that you're 20 and one of your side projects takes off like Facebook did, you'll face a choice of running with it or not, and it may be reasonable to run with it. But the usual way startups take off is for the founders to make them take off, and it's gratuitously stupid to do that at 20.
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Locator:Essay, additional excerpt 5 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Short excerpt
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