Paul Graham Start Quotations

So hackers start original, and get good, and scientists start good, and get original.

There are all these great programmers out there who think starting a startup requires esoteric business knowledge,

Then I said jokingly, but not entirely jokingly, 'But not from me,' and everyone's faces fell, ... Afterwards, I had dinner with some of these guys and they seemed amazingly competent and I thought, 'You know, these guys probably could start companies.'