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Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age

Paul Graham

Obvious ideas will always be executed by big companies So the big thing is, most of the obviously good ideas are bad ideas for a startup, right? And the reason is because most of the obviously good ideas, if they're obviously good ideas, they're already getting done by big companies. So what are big companies really good at? Like, just take all the big, the top 50, whatever tech companies, what are they really good at? They're really good at doing the next obviously good idea, right? They're like, what's a good idea? Smartphone whose battery lasts 10% longer, you know? Yeah, like Apple's on it, right? You know, they got like 10,000 people working on that, right? Like, there's no startup opportunity there. And so like, you know, we always say kind of by definition, like if it's a good startup idea, it basically, it can't be a good idea that looks like a good idea because a big company's already doing that.

Marc Andreessen on Elon Musk, Good Startup Ideas, How to Have the Courage to Think Independently and Finding a Co-Founder

Aarthi and Sriram's Good Time Show

Rather than just raising cash as they grow their businesses, the smartest entrepreneurs select venture capitalists who can deliver valuable services. The best venture capitalists have access to the best networks, which further amplifies their value.

Tren Griffin - A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs

2017, Columbia University Press

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