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The advantage of creating wealth, as a way to get rich, is not just that it’s more legitimate (many of the other methods are now illegal) but that it’s more straightforward. You just have to do something people want.

Hackers & Painters - Big Ideas From the Computer Age

Paul Graham

Loss aversion - most people stop at the first failure Summary: And those things have failed. And you know, and the way human psychology works is when you try something and it fails, the big lesson that you learn is never try that thing ever again. Transcript: Speaker 1 And those things have failed. And you know, and the way human psychology works is when you try something and it fails, the big lesson that you learn is never try that thing ever again. Right.

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

So here's the recipe for impressing investors when you're not already good at seeming formidable: 1. Make something worth investing in. 2. Understand why it's worth investing in. 3. Explain that clearly to investors.

How to Convince Investors

Paul Graham

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