Paul Graham: Universities must give founders freedom to build their own projects
DynamicWebPaige · x · 2026-09-04
Paul Graham published a new essay, How Universities Should Prepare Founders. In a widely shared take, jesslivingston summarizes the core argument: universities will struggle to follow his advice because it requires giving students the freedom to work on their own projects — but that is exactly what they need to do to prepare founders.
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