Paul Graham: Don't Fear Copyable Ideas, Their Value Is in What They Spawn

Paul Graham told a discouraged founder that nearly all startup ideas are copyable at first—their real value lies in the follow-on ideas they lead to, a point Suhail amplified.

2026-09-06 ~ 2026-09-06 · 2 related posts

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