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- Pg Founder QualitiesPaul Graham's model of what makes a good startup founder. Use this whenever the user asks what investors or YC look for in founders, how to evaluate a potential cofounder or themselves as a founder, what determination, resourcefulness, persistence, earnestness or "founder mode" mean, whether being nice or tough matters, how to tell stubborn from persistent, or how to run a company as it scales without becoming a manager. Also use it when the user is writing a YC application, preparing for a f...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Fundraising InvestorsPaul Graham's guidance on raising money and dealing with investors, angels, VCs, and acquirers. Use this whenever the user asks how to raise a seed or angel round or series A, how much to raise, how to value the company, whether to take an offer, how to pitch or present to investors, how to read investor behavior, what convertible notes or caps or liquidation preferences mean, whether to talk to corp dev or an acquirer, how to split equity or price an employee grant, or how to become an angel...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Idea HuntingPaul Graham's method for finding startup ideas. Use this whenever the user wants to come up with, brainstorm, hunt for, generate, or discover startup, product, or business ideas, asks "what should I build", says they have no ideas or no problems to solve, wants to find problems worth solving, or asks what's missing or broken in a field. Also use it when the user is evaluating a field or trend for opportunities, or asks how famous startups found their ideas. Use it even if they don't say "star...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Idea ValidationPaul Graham's tests for whether a startup or product idea is any good. Use this whenever the user describes a startup idea, business idea, side project, or product and wants feedback, a critique, a sanity check, a go/no-go, a "would this work", a "is this a good idea", or wants to compare several ideas. Also use it when the user is worried about competitors, market size, or whether they're too late, or asks why a famous startup looked bad at first. Apply it even when the user only wants encou...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Prepared MindPaul Graham's advice on becoming the kind of person who has good ideas and does great work. Use this whenever the user asks what to learn, what to study, what to work on, how to prepare to start a startup later, what to do in college or their twenties, how to choose a field or career direction, how to follow curiosity, how to do great work, whether to follow their passion, or how to get past fear of starting something that looks lame. Also use it for questions about curiosity, obsession, "sta...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Running Early StartupPaul Graham's operating advice for an early-stage startup, from first prototype to product-market fit. Use this whenever the user is running or about to run a startup and asks what to focus on, when to launch, how to get first users, how to grow, whether to hire, how much to spend, how to handle a cofounder dispute, whether they're default alive or dead, how to survive a cash crunch, how to make the company more powerful, what metric to track, or why their startup feels stuck or demoralizing....Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Should You StartPaul Graham's reasoning on whether to start a startup, when, and why. Use this whenever the user is deciding between a job and a startup, asks if they should quit their job, found a company, join a startup, or go to grad school, says they're too young, too old, too inexperienced, not smart enough, lack a cofounder, lack an idea, have a family, or fear failure, or asks how people get rich, whether a bad economy matters, or what startups are economically. Use it for any "should I take the leap"...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Startup HubsPaul Graham's analysis of startup hubs, Silicon Valley, and where to locate a startup or build a startup ecosystem. Use this whenever the user asks whether to move to Silicon Valley or another city for their startup, whether location matters, why some cities produce startups and others don't, how a city, university, or government could become a startup hub or attract founders, how immigration or talent policy affects startups, or what makes Silicon Valley work. Also use it for remote-vs-hub d...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2
- Pg Yc HistoryHow Y Combinator started, why, and how it works, plus Paul Graham's accounts of Viaweb and Hacker News. Use this whenever the user asks about YC's origin, its model (batches, standard terms, Demo Day, the 7% deal, office hours), why it funds in batches, what YC actually does for startups, how the first batch was chosen, what PG learned from running Hacker News or a community site, or wants to model an accelerator, seed program, or founder community on YC. Also use it for questions about Viawe...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 2