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Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent

Conversations with Tyler

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The Rise and Fall of Microsoft

Microsoft is not a threat to startups like it used to be, he says. Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg was puzzled that Microsoft could be a threat. In the early years of Sam Altman, what did you see in him other than determination? Because he's not a technical guy in the sense of being a technical guy.

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