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Lecture Transcript: tech.genius.com/Paul-graham-lecture-3-counterintuitive-parts-of-startups-and-how-to-have-ideas-annotated

Paul Graham delivers an informative (and highly amusing) talk, addressing counterintuitive parts of startups, in Lecture 3 of How to Start a Startup.

See the readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec03

Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-to-start-a-startup/lectures/64032

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