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Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent

Conversations with Tyler

CHAPTER

The Heuristic of Venture Capital

A lot of the most important companies come from intriguing side projects. Part of the reason you want to find young founders who've done stuff from side projects is that it guarantees the ideas not bullshit. Older founders can do things like start supersonic aircraft companies or build something for geriatric care and actually get it right. Younger founders are likely to get things wrong if they try and do stuff like that.

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