Paul Graham on Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity
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How to Build a Product for Smart, Impoverished Outsiders
The creators of the products learn from the users. It's a wonderful form of R&D. There's nothing better than to have sort of sophisticated users, right? And conversely, it's dangerous to build a product for giant corporations or God help you for the Defense Department. The clever, impoverished outsiders are leaders. They're harbingers in the medieval symbol almost by definition when it comes to technology.
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